Daniël van den Queborn - Portrait of Petronella D'Hooghe

Daniël van den Queborn
(ca. 1552 - ca. 1602)
 
Portrait of Petronella D’Hooghe, 1595
 
Oil on panel, monogrammed and dated middle left.
 
This portrait depicts Petronella D’Hooghe (1577–1627), a member of the Zeeland elite, painted around the time of her marriage to Johan Jansz van den Brande, whom she married on 22 January 1595. Her family combined local power with wider connections across the Low Countries: while rooted in Zeeland, her maternal lineage appears to have originated from the Southern Netherlands.
We are grateful to Dr. Carla van de Puttelaar, a leading authority on early modern portraiture, who first proposed the attribution to Daniel van den Queborne. This attribution was subsequently confirmed by the rediscovery of the artist’s monogram during conservation treatment. The artist was born in Antwerp and trained there before leaving the city during the early years of the revolt. After joining the Guild of Saint Luke in Middelburg, he worked in the Northern Netherlands and was appointed court painter to Prince Maurice in 1594.
 
Created amid the Eighty Years’ War, this portrait testifies to the unifying power of art, transcending borders and political divisions.