Gerrit Reynst
Gerrit Reynst (1599 – 29 June 1658) (also known as Gerard Reynst) was, like his younger brother Jan (1601–1646), a Dutch merchant and art collector from Amsterdam, with his brother owner of the Reynst Collection. He was an alderman and member of the town council, entering it in 1646.
Biography
Reynst was born in
Reynst Collection
Gerrit's collection included Italian old-master paintings and antiquities, such as The Ecstasy of St Paul by Johann Liss.[2] After Gerrit's death in 1658 the collection dispersed into English, German and other Dutch collections, including what is now the Antikensammlung Berlin, and some remained with his widow Anna. The Dutch Republic bought 24 of the best Italian paintings and 12 of the best Classical sculptures from Gerrit's widow in 1660 for 80,000 gulden, via Heer van Outshoorn.[1] This collection was given to English King Charles II (many of the paintings in it had previously been in Charles I's collection, and been sold to Reynst by the Commonwealth government) on his return from the Netherlands to England, and is known as the Dutch Gift.[3]: 15–38 [4]: 303–305 [Notes 1] One of the paintings may have been Guercino's, "Semiramis Receiving Word of the Revolt of Babylon". (A series of engravings of pictures from his collection was made sometime before his death, including one by Jeremias Falk of Guercino's Semiramis.)
References
Notes
- ^ See also Halbertsma on the sculpture, and Logan on the collection as a whole.
Citations
- ^ "De collectie Reynst en de tand des tijds" [The Reynst collection and the ravages of time]. Museum Kennis (in Dutch). n.d. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
Na de dood van Gerard Reynst (hij verdronk in 1646 in de Keizersgracht) raakte zijn verzameling verspreid over binnen- en buitenlandse verzamelingen.
[After Gerard Reynst's death (he drowned in 1646 in the Keizersgracht), his collection was spread over national and international collections.] - Staatliche Museen, Berlin. Archivedfrom the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.}
- OL 34465838M – via Google Books.
- OCLC 709976885.
See also
Further reading
- Logan, Anne-Marie S. (1979). The "Cabinet" of the brothers Gerard and Jan Reynst. Verhandelingen Afdelling Letterkunde, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. OL 4182090M.
- Bastet, F. L. (1980). "Reviewed Work: The "Cabinet" of the Brothers Gerard and Jan Reynst by Anne-Marie S. Logan". Book Reviews. OCLC 476752107.
- Mahon, Denis (November 1949). "Guercino's Paintings of Semiramis". The Art Bulletin. 31 (3): 217–223. OCLC 67129102.
- "Four governors of the Musketeers practice range, Amsterdam". Codarts. n.d. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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