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Description: | Signed: yes Description: This picture was painted in 1735 when Jan Maurits Quinkhard was becoming the leading portraitist in Amsterdam. His reputation soon spread, prompting commissions from wealthy patrons in other Dutch cities, such as Utrecht. The governors of the University of Utrecht and officers of the East India Company appear among his sitters in this period. Some of these portraits were reproduced by Jacob Houbraken. The sitter is usually represented within an oval, his plain, sober clothes half-enveloped by a sumptuous velvet cloak. Quinkhard's attention to hands, which are often shown gesturing, is also characteristic of his works. | Subjects: | portrait | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Quinkhard, Jan Maurits (Dutch portrait painter, 1688-1772) Æ Previously attributed to British School | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9042... | Go to resource |
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