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Description: | De Keyser is sometimes credited with inventing the small equestrian portrait, of which this is a good example. The sitter, portrayed upon what must have been his best horse, wears the dark clothing with white collar and cuffs which was favoured by contemporary Dutch burghers and their wives. Framed in this composition by a tree, he is presented as an authoritative and wise man. | Subjects: | portrait; animal (horse) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Keyser, Thomas de (Dutch painter and architect, born 1596 or 1597, died 1667) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8713... | Go to resource |
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