Portrait of Jean de la Chambre
1659
unspecified
From the collection of Leiden University Libraries
1659
unspecified
From the collection of Leiden University Libraries
This painting shows a man sitting in a chair. He's dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The painter copied this from another artist, Frans Hals, which is an interesting fact about this work. The copy is not exact, and that's what makes it interesting. It gives us a glimpse into how artists learned from each other back then. To learn more, look up the technique of chiaroscuro.
