Who painted Aryna van der Pot (1786-1850). Wife of N. J. A. C. Hoffmann?

Aryna van der Pot (1786-1850). Wife of N. J. A. C. Hoffmann was painted by Cornelis Cels in 1841-01-01.

Where can I see Aryna van der Pot (1786-1850). Wife of N. J. A. C. Hoffmann?

Aryna van der Pot (1786-1850). Wife of N. J. A. C. Hoffmann is held by Rijksmuseum.

What movement is Aryna van der Pot (1786-1850). Wife of N. J. A. C. Hoffmann?

Aryna van der Pot (1786-1850). Wife of N. J. A. C. Hoffmann is associated with Biedermeier.

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Artwork

Aryna van der Pot (1786-1850). Wife of N. J. A. C. Hoffmann

Cornelis Cels , 1841

Aryna van der Pot (1786-1850). Wife of N. J. A. C. Hoffmann is an oil painting by the Biedermeier artist Cornelis Cels. It dates from 1841 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.

About this work

The dark shadows on her face and the smooth transitions between light and dark give it a soft, lifelike look.

This painting shows a woman dressed in a dark, high-collared dress with a wide, frilly white cap. Her hair is pulled back neatly, and she wears a faint smile. The background is plain and dark, putting all focus on her face and clothing.

The artist signed and dated the painting in the corner, 1841. The dark shadows on her face and the smooth transitions between light and dark give it a soft, lifelike look.

If you like this style, check out the technique called chiaroscuro.

Technique & Style

Executed in 1841 by Cornelis Cels, this portrait of Aryna van der Pot is an oil painting on canvas. The work measures 69 cm in height and 59.5 cm in width. As a formal portrait, the composition focuses on the depiction of the sitter, who was the wife of N. J. A. C. Hoffmann.

The piece is classified within the genre of portraiture and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.

History & Provenance

The portrait of Aryna van der Pot was painted by Cornelis Cels in 1841. It entered the collection of the Rijksmuseum, where it remains on display.

The work was created as a likeness of Aryna van der Pot, the wife of N. J. A. C. Hoffmann, and was completed during the same year that it was likely commissioned.

The painting measures sixty‑nine centimeters in height and fifty‑nine and a half centimeters in width, and it is executed in oil on canvas.

The portrait of Aryna van der Pot painted by Cornelis Cels in 1841 is part of the Rijksmuseum's collection, listed under inventory number SK-A-2866. The work has been exhibited at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam as part of displays featuring 19th-century Dutch portraiture.

Context

The painting Aryna van der Pot (1841) by Cornelis Cels portrays the wife of N. J. A. C. Hoffmann, situating her within the bourgeois portraiture of early 19th-century Dutch society. Executed in oil on canvas (69 cm × 59.5 cm), it exemplifies the genre conventions of formal domestic representation characteristic of the period. The work is held in the Rijksmuseum collection, affirming its significance within institutional art historical narratives of Dutch portraiture.

Scholarly attention focuses on its stylistic position within Cels' oeuvre and the social context of its subject, reflecting broader patterns in Dutch domestic painting of the 1840s.

Overview

Cornelis Cels, a Flemish painter active in the early nineteenth century, completed an oil portrait of Aryna van der Pot in 1841. The work measures a typical size for a personal commission and is now part of the Rijksmuseum’s holdings. It exemplifies the restrained, intimate character of Biedermeier portraiture.

Subject & Meaning

The sitter, Aryna van der Pot (1786–1850), was a Dutch woman married to N. J. A. C. Hoffmann. The portrait presents her in a dignified pose, her expression modest and slightly smiling, suggesting personal virtue and domestic stability, values often emphasized in Biedermeier society.