1723
unspecified
From the collection of Leiden University Libraries
Portrait of Jacques Lenfant, theologian is a 1723 unspecified by Bernard Picart, a Baroque work, held at Leiden University Libraries.
The painting shows a man sitting at a desk with books and papers around him. He's looking straight at us. He's dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The man in the painting is Jacques Lenfant, a theologian. He has some books by him that he probably wrote. To learn more about the style of this painting, look into the technique of sfumato.
Bernard Picart or Picard (11 June 1673 – 8 May 1733), was a French draughtsman, engraver, and book illustrator in Amsterdam, who showed an interest in cultural and religious habits.
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