Untitled
1885
unspecified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
1885
unspecified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
Untitled is a 1885 unspecified by Louis Mettling, held at Rijksmuseum.
You see a young man sitting in profile, wearing a metal shirt, a wide-brimmed hat, and resting both hands on the hilt of a sword. No one knows who painted it or when exactly—just that it was made sometime between 1870 and 1900. The metal shirt, called a *halsberg*, suggests he’s dressed like a soldier from much earlier, maybe the 1600s. It feels like someone copied an old portrait but didn’t sign it. To see more paintings like this, visit the Rijksmuseum.
Louis Mettling (1847–1904) was an artist, born in Dijon.
See the richer artist page
