The Lives of the van Isendoorn Family of Painters and the Recognition of a Portrait of a Four-Year Old Child with a Sheep as the Work of Andries van Isendoorn (1624/25 – 1695/1702)

Oud Holland 2016 volume 129 3/4 Since 1862, a family collection in Scotland includes a Dutch portrait of a child with a sheep, painted in 1663 (fig. 1).1 An inscription indicates that the portrayed child is four years old. Although the painting is signed and dated, the painter had remained unidentified until the present authors inspected it in 2011. The signature appeared to read ‘A. v. Hendoorn’, but this name could not be connected to any known artist. However, when shown the photo of the signature, Rudi Ekkart suggested that it might be read as ‘A. v. Isendoorn’.