Explore the Provenance of this artwork, Equestrian Portrait of Cornelis and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort with Their Tutor and Coachman.
It is most likely that the painting was commissioned by Adriana van Beveren, the widowed mother of the two young men, who is known to have been the first owner of the painting. However, it is also possible that the painting was commissioned by their uncle, Matthijs van Slingelandt, or her father, Cornelis van Beveren. After the death of Adriana van Beveren, it passed to Cornelis Pompe van Meerdervoort. It then was passed down through the family with the Huis te Meerdervoort until 1806, when it was sold by Christina Elisabeth Pompe van Meerdervoort, the great granddaughter of Cornelis. It was sold on August 20, 1806 in The Hague as Hunting Party with Three Men on Horses and a Hunter with Dogs in Foreground for 695 Dutch guilders.
On April 19–20, 1825, it was sold at the Galerie Lebrun in Paris as Le Partie de Chasse for 17,950 French francs. On May 1–2, 1829, it was sold in London as La Partie de Chasse du Prince d'Orange for £1,102.10. On June 17, 1848, it was sold at Christie's in London as Prince of Orange on a grey horse for £556.10. On May 9–10, 1895, it was again sold at Christie's as The Prince of Orange, with his sons, prepared to depart for the Chase for £2,100. On June 9, 1911, it was sold at the Galerie Georges Petit in Paris as Départ pour la chasse for either 160,000 or 170,000 francs. On June 14, 1913, it was again sold at the Galerie Georges Petit for 145,000 francs. On June 23, 1922, it was sold for the final time at the Galerie Georges Petit for 62,000 francs to Michael Friedsam, who held it until his death, at which time it was bequeathed to the Met. Since being acquired by the Met, it has been exhibited in many other museums in the United States and the Netherlands, including the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Dordrechts Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Dordrecht the Netherlands National Gallery of Art Dordrechts Museum The Hague Dutch guilder Michael Friedsam Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Christie's Rijksmuseum French franc Cornelis van Beveren Paris Netherlands