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Portrait of Willem Fransz van Schoterbosch (c. 1510-?)

Unknown

1620

unspecified

From the collection of Rijksmuseum

Dutch Golden Age Baroque Portrait

Dominant colour

Portrait of Willem Fransz van Schoterbosch (c. 1510-?) 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

A man in black stands stiffly, one hand on his sword, the other holding gloves. His face is pale, his expression serious. Above his shoulder, a small family crest floats like a stamp. This portrait was probably copied from an older one—maybe from around 1560. The original artist is lost to time, but the copyist kept the details sharp: the wrinkles in his gloves, the shine on his sword hilt. It’s part of a whole set of similar portraits in the same museum. To see more faces like this, look up the Rijksmuseum.