Susanna van Collen née Mogge and her daughter

The portrait titled Susanna van Collen née Mogge and her daughter was painted in 1776 by Hermanus Numan. It is an oil on canvas work measuring 80 by 64 centimeters and belongs to the portrait genre. The painting entered the collection of Salomon Rendorp before being acquired by the Rijksmuseum, where it remains on view.

The work was created as a commissioned portrait of Susanna Cornelia Mogge Vrouwe van Welland, a member of the Dutch merchant elite, and her daughter. Its provenance traces from the artist’s studio to the merchant Salomon Rendorp, and subsequently to the Rijksmuseum, reflecting a continuous ownership chain documented in the museum’s records.

The work is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum. Its accession number is not specified in the provided sources. It was owned by Salomon Rendorp before entering the Rijksmuseum. The painting has been exhibited in Rijksmuseum exhibitions, including one in 1980.

The portrait Susanna van Collen née Mogge and her daughter painted by Hermanus Numan in 1776 exemplifies 18th-century Dutch portraiture with its emphasis on family lineage and domestic virtue. The work depicts Susanna Cornelia Mogge Vrouwe van Welland alongside her daughter, linking them to the prominent Van Welland family of Zeeland and reflecting contemporary interests in marital alliances and inheritance. Stylistically, Numan combines precise rendering of textiles and interior details with a restrained palette typical of late Dutch portraiture, situating the piece within the broader European trend of documenting elite households through commissioned likenesses.

Its inclusion in the Rijksmuseum collection since at least 1906 underscores its recognized significance as a representative example of period portraiture and its role in shaping narratives of gender and social status in pre-revolutionary Netherlands.

Hermanus Numan’s 1788 oil portrait presents Susanna van Collen, née Mogge, and her young daughter within an interior that reflects the refined domestic settings of late‑18th‑century Holland. The composition places the mother, dressed in an elaborate blue gown with a towering white wig, beside her child, who kneels with a basket, both framed by dark wooden paneling, a carved mantelpiece and a gilded mirror.