Portrait of Adam Wachendorff, with a Putto Blowing Bubbles, Cornelis Ketel, 1574
1574
50.0 x 49.0 cm
Cornelis Ketel (1548 – 1616)
Cornelis Ketel (1548-1616): Dutch Mannerist painter known for Elizabethan portraits & pioneering Amsterdam civic group portraits. A bridge between artistic traditions.
Portrait of a man. On the other side a bubble-blowing putto. The man, probably Adam Wachendorff, was introduced to the hips, standing at a table. In the right hand a letter, the left hand in the side. On the table are paper, a pen, an ink jar and a watch. On the reverse a naked bubble-blowing putto in a landscape.
About this artwork
- Title: Portrait of Adam Wachendorff, with a Putto Blowing Bubbles, Cornelis Ketel, 1574
- Artist: Cornelis Ketel
- Year: 1574
- Original dimensions: 50.0 x 49.0 cm
- Format: Square
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Color palette: Earthy
- Color hue: Yellow-Green Range