Portrait of Nicolas Colvius, Walloon minister in AmsterdaM
1690
unspecified
From the collection of Leiden University Libraries
1690
unspecified
From the collection of Leiden University Libraries
The painting shows a man sitting with a book and papers. He's dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The man is Nicolas Colvius, a minister in Amsterdam. He looks serious and focused on his work. The painting has some interesting details, like the book and papers on the table. It seems like the artist wanted to show what Colvius did for a living. To learn more about similar paintings, look up the technique of chiaroscuro.
