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Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, Project Manager and Co-Author

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Photo: Courtesy of Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc.
[ 30.1 Euro Portraits, Men ]info
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30.1 Euro Portraits, Men

Johnson went to Europe in 1849 to learn techniques for creating figure paintings in oil. However, he had been a professional portrait draughtsman in Boston and Washington, D.C. for at least five years before that. In those early drawings he had a keen sense of creating heads using light tones and shadowed areas to create a strong three-dimensional effect. Studying the works of Rembrandt at The Hague inspired him to use the same techniques for his oil portraits. —PH

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Hills no. 30.1.2
Wybrandus Hendriksz
Alternate title: A Study for Dr. Wybrandus Hendricksz
1852
Locale: The Hague, the Netherlands
Oil on paper laid down on board
12 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (32.1 x 26.7 cm)
Initialed lower left in black: E.J.; above, initialed and dated in red: E.J./1852
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York
Provenance
Estate of John Patrick Buckley, Connecticut, by 1980s
Private collection (by descent)
[Sotheby's, March 1, 2006, Sale 8184, lot 49, sold as a pair: A Study for Dr. Wybrandus Hendricksz and His Wife: A Pair of Portraits]
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, March 1, 2006
Hills Examination/Opinion
Examination date(s): 2006-02-25
Examination notes: Light varnish over painting. Good highlights on clock/barometer? on wall to left and at edge of tabletop; knees of table; sconce at U.L. Red curtain to right is painterly. Highlights on his medal; inkwell and feather; papers on table are painterly. Face: nice chiaroscuro. Right side is in shadow. Light hazel eyes. Buttons nicely done. His left hand on table—coral-colored highlight. A beefy fist.
Hills opinion letter: March 3, 2006 view »
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Hendriksz, Wybrandus
Biography:

Wybrandus Hendriksz (1814–1873). Dutch physician. “Royal oculist for William III of Orange, King of Holland” [Christie’s sale catalogues]. Father Pieter founded the hospital at Zuiderburg, an estate near The Hague, which Wybrandus and his brother continued to run after their father’s death.

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Record last updated March 30, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Wybrandus Hendriksz, 1852 (Hills no. 30.1.2)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=915 (accessed on May 2, 2025).