Portrait of Clemens Marres
| Dating | March 18, 1911 |
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| Material / technique | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 74,5 x 59 cm |
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| Provenance | 1935 gift by Michael Clemens George Marres to the City of Maastricht 1935 loan from Limburgs Geschied- en Oudheidkundig Genootschap (LGOG) to Collection Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht |
| Current residence | Collection Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, location Faculty of Law, Maastricht University |
| Signature | r. in paint: HRI GOOVAERTS [underlined] |
| Headings | On the back of the painting, on the folded edge of the canvas is written in Dutch: ‘painted by Henri Goovaerts March 18, 1911 Clément Marres [unreadable] 62 years. // Member of the City Council Church Council St Mathias [sic]’ On a label on the back of the frame is written in Dutch: ‘Property of the City of Maastricht. // M.C. Marres. // Councillor from 1898. // Alderman Sept. 7, 1915 - Sept. 2, 1919. // Donated by M.C.G. Marres (son) on // Febr. 15, 1935. // Painted by the Maastricht painter H. Goovaerts.’ |
| Remarks | Michael Clemens Marres (1848-1927) was a descendant of the Marres family, famous beer brewers from Maastricht. Between 1915 and 1919 he was alderman in the City of Maastricht. |