Portret van de Franse luitspeler en componist Jacques Gaultier (Gouter)

About this artwork

height 265 mm x width 210 mm

About the Artist

Jan Lievens · 1607–1674

Jan Lievens (1607–1674) was born in Leiden and showed exceptional artistic promise from an early age, beginning his training with the local painter Joris van Schooten before traveling to Amsterdam around 1617 to study for two years under Pieter Lastman—the same teacher who would later instruct Rembrandt van Rijn. Lievens and Rembrandt, near-contemporaries born in the same city, subsequently shared...