Tibout Regters
(Dordrecht 1710 – Amsterdam 1768)
Portrait of an elegant woman in a white dress wearing a blue stole and a red carnation in her hand
Signed and dated 1750 lr
Oil on canvas, 57.6 x 45.2 cm
Provenance:
Collection GJM Huitema-Van Bredehoff de Vicq, Egmond (1935, since then by bequest in the family)
Exhibition:
Central Museum, Utrecht, cat. 1952 (inv. no. 1294)
NB I:
The carnation, particularly in red, is a symbol of betrothal. This probably has its origin in a Flemmish marriage custom. Particularly in the 15th and 16th century one was portrayed seated and holding a carnation as a memento to the betrothal.
NB II:
Together with a portrait in pastel of a boy of the Van Bredehoff family (39.4 x 41.3 cm), originating from the same family property and also exhibited in the Centraal Museum Utrecht (inv. no. 1389).
NB III:
In the ninteen thirties Mrs. Huitema moved to Indonesia and gave the paintings on loan to the Centraal Museum, Utrecht.