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Two Dutch Golden Age portraits for Minneapolis
3/9/26 - Acquisition – Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Art - From the Alewijn family, I’ll take the father and son: Frederik Dircksz. Alewijn (1603–1665) and Dirck Frederiksz. Alewijn (1644–1687). Depicted by two different painters, they are now reunited at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, which recently purchased both portraits from the Weiss Gallery (ill. 1 and 2).
Portrait of Frederik Dircksz. Alewijn, c. 1632–37
Oil on panel – 122.6 × 90.2 cm
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Photo: MIA
The Alewijn family belonged to Amsterdam’s bourgeoisie; over the decades, it assembled a portrait gallery that was dispersed in 1885. Frederik, who was painted several times, can also be seen at the…
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