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Portrait of Johan Gerritsz van Schoterbosch (c. 1564-1654)

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1620

unspecified

From the collection of Rijksmuseum

Dutch Golden Age Baroque Portrait

Dominant colour

Portrait of Johan Gerritsz van Schoterbosch (c. 1564-1654) is a 1620 unspecified by Unknown, a Dutch Golden Age work, held at Rijksmuseum.

Who painted this?: Unknown
When & what style?: 1620 · Dutch Golden Age
Where can I see it?: Rijksmuseum

About this work

This is a man in black clothes with a white collar, holding one glove and resting his other hand on a small table. His face looks serious, almost tired. The painting was made in 1620, a year after another version of the same man. He was a city leader in Haarlem—part of the local guard, a guild president, and a church brother. The artist copied the pose exactly, but something about this version feels quieter, like the man has aged a little. Look up other portraits from the Rijksmuseum to see how Dutch artists painted people like him.