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Van Ertborn aged 21, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze

Posthumous bust of van Ertborn by Jozef Geefs, 1849

Florent van Ertborn (4 April 1784 - 28 August 1840) was a Dutch and Belgian politician and art collector.

Biography

Florentius Josephus, Knight van Ertborn was born in Antwerp in 1784 in a wealthy, aristocratic family, the only son of Emmanuel van Ertborn and Catharina de Witte. As a yong man, he made a Grand Tour to Italy and France, becoming acquainted with the art of the Old Masters. In Antwerp, he was a member of the commission responsible for the distribution of artworks which had returned from France after the defeat of Napoleon, and helped with the reopening of the museum of the local Fine Arts Academy.

He was involved with politics from an early age, and was friends with Jan Frans Willems, one of the leaders of the early Flemish Movement. He became a member of the provincial council of Antwerp in 1817, mayor of Antwerp in 1818, and governor of the Province of Utrecht in 1828. As mayor, he imposed the new language laws, making Dutch the official government language of Antwerp. Van Ertborn was bilingual French-Dutch. He was a chamberlain to King William I of the Netherlands. He moved to Dordrecht and married in 1830 the 18-year-old Baroness Adriana Eleonora Sophia van Heeckeren-Wierse. That same year 1830 Belgium became independent, and van Ertborn laid down his functions. He got reelected as mayor of Antwerp in 1831, but as a proponent of the reunion with the Netherlands refused and stayed in Dordrecht until his death in 1840. He is buried in Antwerp.

Van Ertborn was an avid collector of art, mainly 15th and 16th century paintings from Flanders and neighbouring countries. These were barely collected or studied at the time, usually judged inferior to the Baroque art of the 17th century, and due to the end of the French Revolution there was a large supply of works on the market. He was advised by the German art historian and collector Sulpiz Boisserée and one of his friends, the painter Mattheus Ignatius van Bree, restored some of the works. They also, together with Jan Adriaan Snijers, formed the acquisitions committee of the Antwerp Museum. He legated all 115 works to the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, which was at the time still the museum of the local Academy of Fine Arts.

Collection

Image	Title	Cat. nr.	1894 attribution	Current attribution	Ref
	Calvary	2	Pieter Aertsen	Jan Van Amstel	[1]
	Saint Romuald Refuses Emperor Otto III Admission to the Church	3	Fra Angelico	Fra Angelico	[2]
	Calvary	4	Antonello da Messina	Antonello da Messina	[3]
	Bernardo Bembo, Statesman and Ambassador of Venice	5	Antonello da Messina	Hans Memling	[4]
	The Temptation of Saint Anthony the Great	25	Jerome Bosch	Jerome Bosch, circle of	[5]
	Madonna	28	Dirk Bouts	Dirk Bouts	[6]
	Saint Christopher	29	Dirk Bouts	Quentin Matsys	[7]
	Huy viewed from Ahin	30	Paul Bril	Lucas van Valckenborch	[8]
	Saint Jerome and Donor	32	Petrus Christus	Anonymous master, Southern Netherlands, first quarter of the 16th century	[9]
	The Dauphin François, Son of King François I of France	33	François Clouet	Jean Clouet, circle of	[10]
	Adam and Eve	42	Lucas Cranach the Elder	Lucas Cranach the Elder	[11]
	Charity	43	Lucas Cranach the Elder	Lucas Cranach the Elder	[12]
	The Rest on the Flight into Egypt	47	Herri met de Bles	Gerard David	[13]
	Landscape with the Flight into Egypt	64	Joachim Patinir	Joachim Patinir	[14]
	Holy Kinship	123	Victor Dünwege and Heinrich Dünwege	Derick Baegert	[15]
	Frederick III, Elector of Saxony	124	Albrecht Dürer	Albrecht Dürer	[16]
	Saint Leonard Liberating Captives	127 and 128	Cornelis Engelbrechtsz	Anonymous master, Southern Netherlands, Brussels, 4th quarter 15th century	[17]
	The Story of Saint Hubert	129 and 130	Cornelis Engelbrechtsz	Anonymous master, Southern Netherlands, Brussels, 4th quarter 15th century	[18]
	Madonna Surrounded by Seraphim and Cherubim	132	Jean Fouquet	Jean Fouquet	[19]
	Epiphany Triptych	168 to 170	Conrad Fyol	Master of Frankfurt	[20]
	Saint Paul	176	Giotto	Anonymous master, Italian, Tuscan, 1st quarter 15th century	[21]
	Saint Nicholas of Myra	177	Giotto	Anonymous master, Italian, Tuscan, 1st quarter 15th century	[22]
	The Virgin, Saint John and the Three Maries	179	Jan Gossaert	Gerard David	[23]
	Pilate and the Chief Priests	180	Jan Gossaert	Gerard David	[24]
	Christ Sitting on the Cold Stone	181	Jan Gossaert	Jan Gossaert, follower	[25]
	Portrait of a Woman	182	Jan Gossaert	Catharina van Hemessen	[26]
	Madonna	183	Jan Gossaert	Pauwels Coecke van Aelst	[27]
	Margareta of Austria	184	Jan Gossaert	Bernard of Orley	[28]
	Pieter Gillis	198	Hans Holbein the Younger	Quentin Matsys	[29]
	Portrait of a Man	199	Hans Holbein the Younger	Hans Holbein the Younger	[30]
	The Engagement	202	Lucas van Leyden	Lucas van Leyden	[31]
	David Playing his Harp for Saul	203	Lucas van Leyden	Lucas van Leyden	[32]
	The Evangelists	204-6	Lucas van Leyden	Lucas van Leyden	[33]
	The Adoration of the Magi	207-210	Lucas van Leyden	Master of the Antwerp Adoration	[34]
	The Nativity	223	Justus of Ghent	Albrecht Bouts	[35]
	Adoration of the Sacrament	224	Justus of Ghent	Anonymous master, Southern Netherlands, 4th quarter 15th century	[36]
	Christ Salvator Mundi and Mary at Prayer	241-242	Quentin Matsys	Quentin Matsys	[37]
	Saint Mary Magdalen	243	Quentin Matsys	Quentin Matsys	[38]
	The City Tax Collector	244	Quentin Matsys	Marinus van Reymerswale	[39]
	Altarpiece of the Joiners’ Guild	245-249	Quentin Matsys	Quentin Matsys	[40]
	Man of Sorrows	250	Quentin Matsys	Albrecht Bouts	[41]
	Mary and Joseph Find no Lodgings in Bethlehem	251	Jan Massys	Jan Massys	[42]
	The Healing of Tobit	252	Jan Massys	Jan Massys	[43]
	Portrait of a Monk	253	Hans Memling	Anonymous master, Southern Netherlands, 2nd half 15th century	[44]
	Philippe de Croy	254	Hans Memling	Rogier van der Weyden	[45]
	Diptych of Christiaan de Hondt, Abbot at Ten Duinen	255-256 and 530-531	Hans Memling	Master of 1499	[46]
	Orsini Polyptych	257-260	Simone Martini	Simone Martini	[47]
	Deipara Virgo	262	Jan Mostaert	Ambrosius Benson	[48]
	Portrait of a man	263	Jan Mostaert	Jan Gossaert, follower of	[49]
	Portrait of a woman	264	Jan Mostaert	Ambrosius Benson, copy after	[50]
	Calvary	325	Jan van Scorel	Master of the Von Groote Adoration	[51]
	Portrait of a young man	341	Lambert Lombard	Northern Netherlands, first half 16th century	[52]
	The Last Judgment	380	Crispin Van den Broeck	Crispin Van den Broeck	[53]
	The Seven Sorrows of Mary	383-389	Gerard Van der Meire	Master of Hoogstraeten	[54]
	The Seven Sacraments	393-395	Rogier van der Weyden	Rogier van der Weyden	[55]
	The Annunciation	396	Rogier van der Weyden	Rogier van der Weyden	[56]
	Philip the Good	397	Rogier van der Weyden	Rogier van der Weyden	[57]
	Saint Barbara	410	Jan van Eyck	Jan van Eyck	[58]
	Madonna at the Fountain	411	Jan van Eyck	Jan van Eyck	[59]
	Madonna Surrounded by Saint George, Saint Donatianus of Reims and the Donor Canon Van der Paele	412	Jan van Eyck	Jan van Eyck, after	[60]
	Calling of Matthew	425	Jan Sanders van Hemessen	Marinus van Reymerswale	[61]
	The Christ-Child	459	Bernard van Orley	Joos van Cleve	[62]
	Portrait of a Man	460	Bernard van Orley	Albert Cornelis	[63]
	Triptych with Donors	461-462	Bernard van Orley	Barthel Bruyn the Elder	[64]
	Madonna	463	Bernard van Orley and Joachim Patinir	Southern Netherlands, first half 16th century	[65]
	Saint Leonard of Noblac	515	Unknown master	German School, 1st quarter 15th century	[66]
	Coronation of Mary	516	Unknown master	Austria, 4th quarter 14th century	[67]
	Madonna with Two Donors	517-518	Unknown master	Southern Netherlands, 4th quarter 15th century	[68]
	Calvary of Hendrik van Rijn	519	Unknown master	Northern Netherlands, Utrecht?, 1363	[69]
	Madonna with Angels and Saints	520	Unknown master	Florence, 2nd half 14th century	[70]
	The Seven Sorrows of Mary	521	Unknown master	Bernard van Orley	[71]
	Portrait of a Young Man	522	Unknown master	Barthel Bruyn the Elder	[72]
	Triptych of Pompeius Occo and his Wife Gerbrich Claesdr	523-525	Unknown master	Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen	[73]
	Portrait of a Man	526	Unknown master	Barthel Bruyn the Elder	[74]
	Resurrection of Christ	527	Unknown master	Barthel Bruyn the Elder	[75]
	Christ Sitting on the Cold Stone and other Scenes of the Passion	528	Unknown master	Southern Netherlands, early 16th century	[76]
	Festival of the Archers	529	Unknown master	Master of Frankfurt	[77]
	Before the Crucifixion	532	Unknown master	Cornelis Engebrechtsz.	[78]
	Stairway to Heaven	533	Unknown master	Master of the Amsterdam Death of Mary	[79]
	Calvary	534	Unknown master	Master of the Amsterdam Death of Mary	[80]
	Madonna with Angels	535	Unknown master	Master of the Holy Blood	[81]
	The Baptism of Christ	536	Unknown master	Marcellus Coffermans	[82]
	Portrait of a Man	537	Unknown master	Michel Sittow	[83]
[[File:|center|120px]]	'	NN	Unknown master	[[]], circle of	[]

1. Unknown: Philip the Good[84]
2. Unknown: Portrait of a Gentleman, current attribution Rogier van der Weyden[85]
3. Unknown: John the Fearless[86]
4. Unknown: A Canon[87]
5. Unknown: A Man Praying[88]
6. Unknown: Portrait of a Gentleman, current attribution Corneille de la Haye[89]
7. Unknown: A Saint Praying[90]
8. Unknown: Gabriel Cambry[91]
9. Unknown: Portrait of a Gentleman, current attribution Corneille de la Haye[92]
10. Unknown: Francis Sonnius: current attribution Frans Pourbus I[93]
11. Unknown: Mater Dolorosa[94]
12. Unknown: William I of Orange-Nassau: current attribution Adriaen Thomasz. Key[95]
13. Unknown: The Holy Family[96]
14. Unknown: Virgin and Child appearing to Constantine the Great, currently "attributed to Jan Mostaert"[97]
15. Unknown: Blessed Virgin, current attribution School of Master of 1499[98]
16. Unknown: Portrait of a Gentleman, current attribution Jacob Cornelisz[99]
17. Unknown: Portrait of a Lady, current attribution Conrad Faber von Kreuznach[100]
18. Unknown: Blessed Virgin, triptych, current attribution Master of the Antwerp Triptych of Mary[101]
19. Unknown: Portrait of a Gentleman, Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen[102]
20. Unknown: Christ taken down from the Cross,Quinten Massijs[103]
21. Unknown: A Girl teasing an Old Man,Quinten Massijs[104]
22. Unknown: A Banker,Marinus van Reymerswale[105]
23. Unknown: Christ Bearing the Cross,Master of Frankfurt[106]
24. Unknown: Christ Bearing the Cross,Bernard van Orley[107]
25. Unknown: Afflicto Virgo: current attribution Jan Gossaert(??)[108]
26. Unknown: Entombment: current attribution Master of Hoogstraeten[109]
27. Unknown: Ecce Homo[110]

Notes

Category:1784 births Category:1840 deaths Category:Art collectors from Antwerp Category:Mayors of Antwerp, Belgium Category:King's and Queen's Commissioners of Utrecht