Portrait of Coenraad van Heemskerck, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Lord of Achttienhoven and Den Bosch
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
67; 86; 6
About this artwork
height 86 cm x width 67 cm
About the Artist
Mattheus Verheyden · 1700–1780
Mattheus Verheyden (1700-1777) was a prominent Dutch portrait painter of the eighteenth century whose refined technique and aristocratic clientele established him as one of the leading portraitists of the Dutch Republic. Born in Breda as the son of painter Frank Pietersz Verheyden, Mattheus was orphaned at age eleven but received superior artistic training thanks to his late mother's fortune. Afte...