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Description: | This fine portrait of an unknown gentleman has been attributed to the circle of the Dutch painter Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1567-1641). After his initial training, Mierevelt quickly turned to portraiture. He gained success in this medium, becoming official painter of the court and gaining many commissions from the wealthy citizens of Delft, other Dutch nobles and visiting foreign dignitaries. His portraits display his characteristic dry manner of painting, evident in this work where the pigment has been applied without much oil. The elaborate lace collar and slashed doublet are reminiscent of clothes that appear in Frans Hals's work of the same period. | Subjects: | portrait(male) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Miereveld, Michiel Jansz. van (Dutch painter, 1567-1641) Æ Attributed to circle of Previously attributed to Dyck, Anthony van (Flemish painter, 1599-1641, active in England) Previously attributed to Janssens van Ceulen, Cornelis (English painter, 1593-1661) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8359... | Go to resource |
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