Portrait of Carolus Niëllius, Remonstrant minister
1650
unspecified
From the collection of Leiden University Libraries
1650
unspecified
From the collection of Leiden University Libraries
This painting shows a man with a book, likely a minister. He's dressed in simple clothes. The poem under the image is in Dutch, which suggests the painting is from the Netherlands. The artist copied this from another painting by T. Keyser. This painting is interesting because it has a poem with it. To learn more about the style of shading used in this painting, look up the technique: chiaroscuro.
