Portrait Of Jan Van Huysum, Arnold Boonen, C. 1720 — Arnold Boonen

Portrait of Jan van Huysum, Arnold Boonen, c. 1720

Admire Arnold Boonen’s 1720 portrait of Jan van Huysum – a stunning Baroque piece featuring rich colors, dramatic lighting & artistic tools. A rare glimpse into Dutch Golden Age art.


Arnold Boonen (1669 - 1729)

Arnold Boonen (1669-1729) war ein niederländischer Porträtmaler, bekannt für seine meisterhaften Darstellungen bedeutender Persönlichkeiten wie Peter der Große, die Genremalerei mit feiner Porträtkunst vereinte.

A portrait of the flower still life painter Jan van Huysum with palette and brushes in the left hand and a drawing of a flowering plant in his right hand. The painter leans against a balustrade on which are two drawings, the top of a landscape. Van Huysum is dressed in a white, open shirt with over it a lilac with yellow shirt. A deep purple cloak is half wrapped around his shoulders. He wears a long white powdered wig. The painter has turned left but looks to the right the image. A deep red curtain on the left.