Artwork Info: Portrait of Petrus Bliek, Remonstrant Minister in Amsterdam, with his Wife Cornelia Drost, Hendrik Pothoven, 1771

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Portrait of Petrus Bliek, Remonstrant Minister in Amsterdam, with his Wife Cornelia Drost, Hendrik Pothoven, 1771

1771
89.0 x 74.0 cm

Hendrik Pothoven (Attributed To) (? – ?)

Hendrik Pothoven (attributed) was an 18th-century Dutch portrait painter known for his refined Baroque/Rococo style. He captured prominent Amsterdam citizens like publishers and burgomasters with masterful detail and dramatic lighting, offering a glimpse into the Golden Age's social elite.

Portrait of Petrus Bliek (1706-97), remonstrants preacher in Amsterdam, with his wife Cornelia Drost (aged 1775). In an interior for a large window overlooking a canal. On the left, Cornelia sits on a chair at a table, fan and glove in the right hand, a book in the left hand. At her feet a doggy. Peter stands on the right side of the table, with his left hand he lifts up his toga something. On the wall two wallblakers with mirror.