Portrait of a Man Dressed as a Shepherd, Hendrik Gerritsz Pot, c. 1630 - c. 1645

Title(s)

Portrait of a Man Dressed as a Shepherd

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-2135

Inscriptions / marks

• signature, bottom right, in ligated monogram: ‘HP’

Description

Portret van een man, gekleed als herder. Kniestuk, staande, naar links, herdersstaf in de rechterhand, herdersfluit in de linkerhand, op het hoofd een lauwerkrans.

Artist

• painter: Hendrik Gerritsz Pot (signed by artist)

Dating

c. 1630 - c. 1645

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

support: height 34 cm × width 26 cm
outer size: depth 5.5 cm (support incl. frame)

What

• anonymous historical person portrayed
• herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.

Acquisition

purchase Mar-1904

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

• Artists born between 1570 and 1600, p. 320, 321