Equestrian Portrait of Pieter de Roovere

Equestrian Portrait of Pieter de Roovere

Aelbert Cuyp

1650

oil

From the collection of Mauritshuis

About this work

This painting shows a man on a horse, with a boy holding a fish standing next to him. The man is wearing a fancy outfit, and the horse is brown. In the background, there's a big house and some trees near a body of water. A few people are doing things near the water, and there are some birds flying in the sky. The man on the horse seems important, and the boy is looking up at him. The horse is looking straight ahead, and the boy is holding the fish up. The background is calm, with the big house and trees making it look peaceful. This painting is similar to the works of Aelbert Cuyp.

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