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Description: | Even though this painting has been categorised as being nineteenth French, it is rather puzzling. The man's hat is reminiscent of seventeenth-century Dutch portraits, whilst the beard looks like it has been borrowed from Spanish seventeenth-century art. The costume could be French or Dutch. It may therefore well be a nineteenth-century copy of an earlier portrait. It is also possible that the painter represented one of his contemporaries; in this case the beard and the clothes would indicate a date about 1850-1870, as very plain, dark outfits were the norm for men at the time. Many of them, including Napoleon III, had a beard. | Subjects: | portrait | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: French School Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Spanish School | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8969... | Go to resource |
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