Portrait of Charles Drelincourt
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From the collection of Leiden University Libraries
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From the collection of Leiden University Libraries
This painting shows a man, Charles Drelincourt, in a portrait. He's dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The painting is interesting because it was made after a work by another artist, W. Valliant, and it has a French poem written under the image. The poem is the same as in other similar paintings, which suggests they were made as a set. This detail makes the painting more than just a simple portrait. You can learn more about this style by looking at the work of the artist: Visscher, L.