Portrait of Pieter Verhoek, Poet and Marble Painter in Amsterdam
1700 - 1732
Medium
tin plate
Dimensions
h 11cm × w 9.5cm
Classification
painting
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
About this artwork
Portret van Pieter Verhoek (1633-1702). Dichter en marmerschilder te Amsterdam. Buste in ovaal, naar rechts, een rol papier in de rechterhand. Vervaardigd naar een anonieme prent. Onderdeel van een verzameling portretten van Nederlandse dichters.
About the Artist
Arnoud van Halen · 1673–1732
Arnoud van Halen (1673–1732) was an 18th-century Dutch painter, printmaker, poet, and collector from Amsterdam whose multifaceted cultural activities exemplified the accomplished gentleman-artist of the Dutch Golden Age's twilight years. Born in Amsterdam in 1673 to painter Arnoldus van Haelen (1644–1698) and Geertruid Nobelingh (1643–c. 1676), van Halen grew up in an artistic household and develo...