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Portrait of Pieter de la Court

Unknown

1667

unspecified

From the collection of Rijksmuseum

Baroque Dutch Golden Age Baroque Portrait Oil Paint

Dominant colour

Portrait of Pieter de la Court is a 1667 unspecified by Unknown, a Baroque work, depicting Oil Paint, held at Rijksmuseum.

Who painted this?: Unknown
When & what style?: 1667 · Baroque
Where can I see it?: Rijksmuseum

About this work

This painting shows a man sitting in a chair, wearing judicial robes. He's seated in front of a garden and a bust of Socrates. The painting is of Pieter de la Court, a successful cloth merchant. He wrote about economics and politics, and didn't like monarchical governments. The artist painted him with a serious expression. To learn more about the style of this painting, look at the technique of chiaroscuro.