Portrait of Caspar van Kinschot, Poet, Arnoud van Halen, 1700 - 1732

Title(s)

Portrait of Caspar van Kinschot, Poet

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-4595

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘Casper Kingschot. 1621’

Description

Portret van Caspar van Kinschot (1622-49). Dichter. Buste in ovaal, naar rechts. Onderdeel van een verzameling portretten van Nederlandse dichters.

Artist

• painter: Arnoud van Halen
• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (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

• Caspar van Kinschot

Acquisition

purchase 1877

Copyright

Public domain

• The Panpoëticon Batavûm : the portrait of the author as a celebrity, Lieke van Deinsen, Mariska Vonk, p. 85, cat.nr. 281