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schilderij object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
Beschrijving |
English: Full-length life-size oil painting portrait of English explorer Martin Frobisher commissioned by the Company of Cathay to commemorate his 1576 Northwest Passage voyage and promote the planned follow-up expedition of 1577.
It is the only surviving painting of a series of fifteen that Netherlandish artist Cornelis Ketel made in England between 1576 and 1578 for the Company. The fourteen lost paintings depicted English and Inuit people involved with Frobisher's three Northwest Passage voyages, as well as the ship Gabriel.
The only contemporary portrait of Frobisher. […] his sword and dagger have matching handles, blued and gilt. The globe behind Frobisher shows Europe and the eastern coast of North America. At some point the painting was cut down on the right side, and part of the composition may have been lost.
Frobisher stands gazing intensely out of the canvas. He wears a bosun's whistle around his neck (used for calling orders at sea) along with a rapier and dagger at his waist. In his left hand he carries an ornate wheel-lock pistol, his index finger ready on the trigger. These instruments have been 'carefully rendered' and suggest an elevated social status, while also to the 'nature and potential danger of his activities'. [...] Although the paintings of Frobisher, Lok and Hall were commissioned following the 1576 expedition, Frobisher's extant portrait is dated 1577. It is possible that Ketel took several months to finish the picture and dated it upon its completion; alternatively, the picture could have been strategically inscribed to coincide with fundraising for the company's second voyage. [...] Ketel shows Frobisher dressed head to toe in yellow hosen, breeches, and doublet, pictured as a gilded emblem for the company's prospects, a glowing beacon of its future fortunes. [...] while the company's choice to use the full-length format may reflect something of the influence of Netherlandish art in England, it seems also to have been chosen to convey the monumental potential and historic importance of the expedition itself.
he is comprehensively armed, perhaps a hint to potential interlopers, whilst around his neck, a whistle somewaht prematurely denotes high command at sea.
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Datum |
1577 date QS:P571,+1577-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Techniek |
olieverf op doek medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Afmetingen |
hoogte: 208 cm; breedte: 93 cm dimensions QS:P2048,208.0U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,93.0U174728 |
Collectie |
Bodleian Library
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Lokale naam |
Bodleian Library |
Overkoepelende instantie |
Oxford University |
Locatie(s) |
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Coördinaten |
51° 45′ 14,3″ NB, 1° 15′ 18,5″ WL ![Bewerk dit op Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Opgericht |
1602 ![Bewerk dit op Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Website |
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk |
Bibliografische informatie |
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institution QS:P195,Q82133
Universiteit van Oxford
![wikidata:Q34433](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/20px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png) |
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Lokale naam |
University of Oxford ![Bewerk dit op Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Overkoepelende instantie |
ELIXIR UK ![Bewerk dit op Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Locatie(s) |
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Coördinaten |
51° 45′ 18″ NB, 1° 15′ 18″ WL ![Bewerk dit op Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Opgericht |
1096 ![Bewerk dit op Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Website |
ox.ac.uk ![Bewerk dit op Wikidata](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png) |
Bibliografische informatie |
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institution QS:P195,Q34433 |
Huidige locatie |
Portraits |
Inventarisnummer |
Bodleian Library LP 50 |
Place of creation |
England |
Herkomst |
1576: besteld door Company of Cathay voor £5
1674: geschonken aan Oxford University door
creator QS:P170,Q3084997
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Exhibition history |
- Exhibition of National Portraits, South Kensington Museum, Londen, 1866, cat. nr 395
- National Exhibition of Works of Art, Leeds, 1868, cat. nr 3066
- Royal Naval Exhibition, Chelsea, 1891, cat. nr 224
- Historical Portraits, Oxford, 1904, cat. nr 68
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Inscripties |
- Datering recto linksboven:
Aº dñi · 1577 ~
[Anno domini · 1577 ~] [In the year of the Lord · 1577 ~]
- Leeftijd geportretteerde recto linksboven:
Ætatis svæ · 39 ~
[At the age of 39 ~]
- Monogram van de kunstenaar recto linksboven:
· CK · F ·
[· Cornelis Ketel · Fecit ·] [· Cornelis Ketel · Made ·]
- Naam van de geportretteerde recto linksboven:
Martin Frobiser Miles.
[Martin Frobisher Knight.] In late 17th century capitals
ex dono Gvalteri Charleton, M.D.
[as a gift from Walter Charleton, M.D.] In late 17th century capitals |
Referenties |
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Bron/fotograaf |
Digital Bodleian
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Toestemming (Hergebruik van dit bestand) |
Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse
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De auteur overleed in 1616, dus dit werk bevindt zich in het publiek domein in landen en gebieden waar de auteursrechttermijn het leven van de auteur plus 100 jaar of minder is.
Dit werk bevindt zich in het publiek domein in de Verenigde Staten omdat het gepubliceerd werd (of geregistreerd bij de U.S. Copyright Office) voor 1 januari 1929.
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