Regents of the Aalmoezeniersweeshuis Orphanage in Amsterdam, 1729, Cornelis Troost, 1729
1729
93.0 x 114.0 cm
The regents of the Aalmoezer orphanage in Amsterdam in 1729. Preliminary study for the group portrait (SK-C-87). The regent sitting and standing around a table, on the left in the foreground is an orphan boy with a sheet of paper in his hand.
Cornelis Troost (1696 – 1750)
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About this artwork
- Title: Regents of the Aalmoezeniersweeshuis Orphanage in Amsterdam, 1729, Cornelis Troost, 1729
- Artist: Cornelis Troost
- Year: 1729
- Original dimensions: 93.0 x 114.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Main color: Espresso
- Color hue: Ochre to Sepia