Portrait of Andreas Colvius, Walloon minister in Dordrecht
1646
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From the collection of Leiden University Libraries
1646
unspecified
From the collection of Leiden University Libraries
This painting shows a man sitting at a desk with papers and a book. He's dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The man in the painting is Andreas Colvius, a minister in Dordrecht. The painting has a Latin verse under the image, which is a nice detail. The verse was written by Claudius Salmasius. To learn more about this style of artwork, look up the technique of chiaroscuro.
