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Photo: Michiel Elsevier Stokmans, NL; © FdDPS

Series

Series: Père de l'artiste

Keywords

Portrait:
- family »
- artist's father »
Figure composition:
- male »
Interior:
- chair »

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Classification: Painting

Theme: figurative

Medium: Oil

Support: On canvas

Year: 1916

PS 165

Portrait de mon père (Portrait of my Father)

Alternate titles: Portrait de mon Père; Vader

Before 1916

Oil on canvas

29 11/16 x 24 3/8 in. (75.5 x 62 cm) (sight size)

Neither signed, nor dated

Private collection, Netherlands

Provenance

Elizabeth Clothilde Smit, sister of the artist

Jaap de Jager (by descent)

Erica Galesloot (by descent)

Exhibitions

1916 Larensche Kunsthandel

Larensche Kunsthandel, Amsterdam, Tentoonstelling Philippe Smit, April 01–30, 1916, no. 1*, as Portrait de mon Père, peinture, *not for sale.

Literature & Primary Sources

Zelling 1916

Zelling, Anton. "Philippe Smit." De Hofstad, 15-04-1916, p. 2, as Portrait de mon Père.

Handelsblad 1916b

M. V. "Kunst: Larensche Kunsthandel." Algemeen Handelsblad (Amsterdam), 04-04-1916, p. 6, as Vader.

Record last updated April 18, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Portrait de mon père (Portrait of my Father), Before 1916 (PS 165)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=165 (accessed on September 8, 2025).

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