A Space of Their Own

Johanna Koerten

Selected Works

A black-and-white scene showing a ruined building with a tall arch, a forest with different types of trees, and two men with long rifles striding forward. the image is surrounded by a wide floral border on all sides.

Hunting Scene

ca. 1700
Johanna Koerten, Hunting Scene, ca. 1700. Paper. Willet-Holthuysen Museum
Willet-Holthuysen Museum

A black and white image of a man wearing a long robe, the top of his head shaved, holding an infant child in a woodland scene. Both he and the child are crowned with halos and several cherubs surround them. Evenly spaced in the floral border around the image are image of eight angels or saints whose faces are turned toward the man and child at the center.

Saint Anthony of Padua

ca. 1700
Johanna Koerten, Saint Anthony of Padua, ca. 1700. Pendant of cut paper between two sheets of glass in a gold frame with a pendant loop, 10.7 x 8.10 cm. British Museum
British Museum

A man with shoulder-length wavy hair, a pencil mustache, and a large hooked nose looks out at the viewer. He wears acoat or shirt with a wide, high collar that ends right below the chin.

Portrait of Johan de Witt

n.d.
Johanna Koerten, Portrait of Johan de Witt, n.d. Paper, 42.5 x 37.5 cm. Dordrechts Museum
Dordrechts Museum