1656
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Gellius de Bouma, Minister of the Gospel at Zutphen is a 1656 by Cornelis Visscher, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of an older man with a long white beard and fur collar. His face is wrinkled, and he wears a dark robe with a high white collar. One hand rests on a stack of papers, while the other holds a pair of glasses. The background is plain, but the focus is on his serious expression and the tools of his trade—books and writing tools—scattered nearby. The text below the image is in Latin and Dutch, hinting this is a scholar or religious figure. The artist signed it with a small mark, showing this was meant as a formal record. Next, look up chiaroscuro to see how this dramatic lighting works in other art.
Cornelis Visscher (1629 in Haarlem – 1658 in Haarlem), was a Dutch Golden Age engraver and the brother of Jan de Visscher and Lambert Visscher.
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