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Portrait of Bernardus Siegfried Albinus, doctor of medicine at Leiden

Jacob, Houbraken

1750

unspecified

From the collection of Leiden University Libraries

Dutch Golden Age Portrait

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Portrait of Bernardus Siegfried Albinus, doctor of medicine at Leiden is a 1750 unspecified by Jacob, Houbraken, a Dutch Golden Age work, held at Leiden University Libraries.

Who painted this?: Jacob, Houbraken
When & what style?: 1750 · Dutch Golden Age
Where can I see it?: Leiden University Libraries

About this work

The painting shows a man sitting at a desk, looking at a book. He's dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The man in the painting is Bernardus Siegfried Albinus, a doctor of medicine. He looks smart and serious. The painting is based on an earlier work by another artist. To learn more about this style of artwork, look up the technique of chiaroscuro.