Portrait of Daniel Serrurier, minister in Heemstede, Barnevelt, Leiden, Amsterdam
1759
unspecified
From the collection of Leiden University Libraries
1759
unspecified
From the collection of Leiden University Libraries
This painting shows a man sitting at a desk with a book and papers. He's dressed in old-fashioned clothes. You can see a poem written in Dutch below the picture. The man in the painting is Daniel Serrurier, a minister. The painting is based on an earlier work by another artist. It's interesting because it has a poem with it, which is not common. To learn more about the style of shading used in this painting, look up the technique: chiaroscuro.
