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| Portrait of a Man with a Shell |
Artist:Thomas de Keyser (Dutch, Amsterdam (?) 1596/97–1667 Amsterdam)
Date:ca. 1625–26
Medium:Oil on wood
Dimensions:9 3/8 x 6 3/4 in. (23.8 x 17.1 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:From the Collection of Rita and Frits Markus, Bequest of Rita Markus, 2005
Accession Number:2005.331.5
The man is a shell collector, in an age when foreign trade opened up a wide world of natural curiosities. His wife holds a balance, symbolizing the virtue of temperance. De Keyser was one of the leading portraitists in Amsterdam during the 1620s and 1630s. He is best known for small full-length portraits, but he also painted large group portraits and small bust- and half-length portraits.
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