1661
oil
canvas
From the collection of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Portrait of two unknown man on horseback is a 1661 oil by Thomas de Keyser, a Dutch Golden Age work, held at Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.
This painting depicts two men on horseback, dressed in 17th-century attire. The man on the left wears a black hat, a white shirt, and a brown vest, while the man on the right sports a black hat, a white shirt, and a striped vest. Both men are attired in riding gear, with the man on the left holding a whip. The horses are brown and white, with the brown horse on the left and the white horse on the right. The background features a cloudy sky with trees and hills in the distance. The artist's use of chiaroscuro creates a sense of depth and dimensionality in the painting. You can learn more about this technique by looking up chiaroscuro.
Thomas de Keyser (c. 1596 – 1667) was a Dutch portrait painter and a dealer in Belgium bluestone and stone mason. He was the most in-demand portrait painter in the Netherlands until the 1630s, when Rembrandt eclipsed…
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