Portrait of Godefroid Hotton, Walloon minister at Amsterdam
1650
unspecified
From the collection of Leiden University Libraries
1650
unspecified
From the collection of Leiden University Libraries
Dominant colour
Portrait of Godefroid Hotton, Walloon minister at Amsterdam is a 1650 unspecified by Abraham, Conradus, a Dutch Golden Age work, held at Leiden University Libraries.
This painting shows a man wearing old-fashioned clothes. He's sitting and looking straight at us. The painting is based on a work by another artist, H. Mermans, and has a Latin poem below it, which is an interesting touch. The poem and the old-style clothes give us clues about the time it was made. Check out the technique of chiaroscuro.
