An Oriental
1630
unspecified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
1630
unspecified
From the collection of Rijksmuseum
An Oriental is a 1630 unspecified by Unknown, a dutch_golden_age work, held at Rijksmuseum.
You see a young man in a turban holding a bow, dressed in rich fabrics with gold trim. This painting was made in the 1600s, but no one knows who painted it—or even what culture it’s meant to show. The Dutch Golden Age was full of trade with the East, and artists loved painting "exotic" figures like this. The turban and bow might be more fantasy than fact, a mix of stories and fabrics from far-off places. To see more paintings like this, look up the Rijksmuseum.
