Portrait of Jan van Huysum, Arnold Boonen, c. 1720
arnold boonen (1669 – 1729)
Arnold Boonen (1669-1729) was a Dutch portrait painter known for his skillful depictions of distinguished figures like Peter the Great, blending genre painting techniques with refined portraiture during the Dutch Golden Age.
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.
About this artwork
- Title: Portrait of Jan van Huysum, Arnold Boonen, c. 1720
- Artist: arnold boonen
- Year: 1720
- Original dimensions: 99.0 x 84.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Corpus context: van huysum's floral legacy , "courtly life
- Color palette: Earthy
- Main color: Espresso
- Keywords: portrait of artist , oil on canvas artwork , dutch golden age art


