Ontwerp voor een hoekstuk van plafond met personificatie van de Zuivere Waarheid

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height 471 mm x width 466 mm

Art Historical Context

Mattheus Terwesten (1675–1757), a Dutch painter from The Hague, created this preparatory drawing titled *Ontwerp voor een hoekstuk van met personificatie van de Zuivere Waarheid* (Design for a Ceiling Corner Piece with the Person of Pure Truth). Dated within his active career spanning the late Baroque to early Rococo periods, this work on paper (471 mm × 466 mm) exemplifies the meticulous planning behind grand interior decorations in 18th-century Netherlands. As a *bozzetto* or design sketch, it captures an allegorical figure symbolizing unadulterated truth—likely rendered with radiant light,...

About the Artist

Mattheus Terwesten · 1670–1757

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