Artwork
Portrait of Hendrick de Hartog
Portrait of Hendrick de Hartog is an oil painting by the Rococo painting artist Adriaan de Lelie. It dates from 1796 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Technique & Style
The Portrait of Hendrick de Hartog is executed in oil paint on canvas, a standard combination for late-eighteenth-century Dutch portraiture.
The Portrait of Hendrick de Hartog is executed in oil paint on canvas, a standard combination for late-eighteenth-century Dutch portraiture. The canvas support measures 79 cm in height by 64 cm in width, yielding a vertical format well suited to a single sitter. The work is classified as a painting and falls within the portrait genre, consistent with Adriaan de Lelie's documented practice as a portraitist active around 1790.
History & Provenance
The Portrait of Hendrick de Hartog was produced by Adriaan de Lelie in 1790, executed in oil paint on canvas. The work entered the holdings of the Rijksmuseum, where it is currently held. No further details regarding the original commission, intermediate ownership, or acquisition circumstances are documented in the available sources.
Overview
Adriaan de Lelie, a Dutch painter active in the late eighteenth century, completed an oil portrait of Hendrick de Hartog in 1796. Executed in the Rococo idiom, the work is part of the Rijksmuseum’s collection and exemplifies de Lelie’s focus on intimate, single‑figure representations.
Subject & Meaning
The canvas presents an elderly gentleman dressed in a dark coat and white cravat, his hands resting on a chair’s arm while he holds a sheet bearing a sketch. The plain, shadowed backdrop directs attention to his contemplative expression and the document, suggesting a moment of personal or professional reflection.
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Artist
Adriaan de Lelie (19 May 1755 – 30 November 1820) was a Dutch painter. He was born in Tilburg. De Lelie was a pupil of A. Peeters, a painter of tapestries and ornaments, and afterwards of Andreas Bernardus de…
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