Portrait of Hendrik Arend van den Brink at the Age of Seventeen
Benjamin Wolff
1800
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
37; 7.1; 46
About this artwork
drager: hoogte 46 cm x breedte 37 cm
Art Historical Context
In the Rijksmuseum's collection, Benjamin Wolff's *Portrait of Hendrik Arend den Brink at the Age Seventeen* (1800 captures the poised elegance of youth during the Netherlands' transformative Batavian Republic era. Painted in oil on canvas—a medium prized for its luminous depth and ability to render fine textures like fabric and skin— this intimate work measures just 46 cm high by 37 cm wide, suggesting it was a personal commission, perhaps for family display rather than public grandeur. Wolff, a skilled Dutch portraitist active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, employs the refined t...