Portrait of Ernest de Beveren, Lord of West-IJsselmonde and De Lindt, Aert de Gelder, 1685

Portrait of Ernest de Beveren, Lord of West-IJsselmonde and De Lindt, Aert de Gelder, 1685

oil on canvas, h 128cm × w 105cm More details

The 25-year-old Ernest de Beveren was the last scion of one of Dordrecht’s most distinguished regent families. He is represented in a fanciful historicizing costume. Emulating Rembrandt, De Gelder painted with broad brushstrokes, used his brush handle to scratch into the paint layer, and introduced similar contrasts of light and dark.

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