Portrait of Everard Meyster, Poet in Utrecht, Arnoud van Halen, 1700 - 1732

Title(s)

Portrait of Everard Meyster, Poet in Utrecht

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-4586

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘R. Meyst.’

Description

Portret van Everard Meyster (1617-79). Dichter te Utrecht. Buste in ovaal, naar rechts. Onderdeel van een verzameling portretten van Nederlandse dichters.

Artist

• painter: Arnoud van Halen
• print maker: Cornelis van Dalen (I) (copy after)

Dating

1700 - 1732

Material

• tin plate
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 11 cm × width 9.5 cm
height 41.2 cm × width 47.4 cm × depth 1.6 cm

What

• portrait of a writer
• writer, poet, author

Who

• Everard Meyster

Acquisition

purchase 1877

Copyright

Public domain

• The Panpoëticon Batavûm : the portrait of the author as a celebrity, Lieke van Deinsen, Mariska Vonk, p. 82, cat.nr. 153