Portrait of Gisbertus Matthias Elsnerus
1750
unspecified
From the collection of Leiden University Libraries
1750
unspecified
From the collection of Leiden University Libraries
The painting shows a man with a serious expression, dressed in old-fashioned clothes. He's sitting at a desk with papers and a book. The man in the painting is Gisbertus Matthias Elsnerus, and there's a poem under his picture. The poem is in Dutch, which suggests the painting is connected to Dutch culture. The artist copied this painting from another artist, J. Augustini. You can learn more about the artist's style by looking up the technique of chiaroscuro.
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