In Portrait of Catharina Hooghsaet, how is the Hoogsaet, Hooghsaet, Hoogzaad discussed?
Genealogy experts from the Dutch Hoogzaad family paid a visit to the Rijksmuseum in 2007 when the painting was on loan there. The Hoogzaad family papers showed that Catharina or Catrina or Trijn was the granddaughter of Dirck Pietersz van Nierop, a man from a farm in Nieuwe Niedorp called Hoochsaet and that this is the origin of the Hoogzaad name. The painting had been on loan since November 2006 for the end of the Rembrandt year celebrated in Amsterdam. An article in the Noord-Hollands Dagblad mentions the Hoogzaad family's work and that the owners of the painting, the family Douglas-Pennant, were at that time negotiating a sale with the Rijksmuseum for €70 million. The NRC during the same period also remarked on the possible Rembrandt deal, but did not mention a price. The Rijksmuseum had earlier acquired the Jan Steen painting from the Douglas-Pennant family in 2004 called A Mayor of Delft and his Daughter.
Dirck Pietersz van Nierop Rembrandt Jan Steen A Mayor of Delft and his Daughter Rijksmuseum Hooghsaet family Douglas-Pennant