Portret van Mattheus Brouërius van Nidek
Arnoud van Halen
1673 - 1732
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
129; 185
About this artwork
Allegorisch portret van de historicus en dichter Mattheus Brouërius van Nidek. Naast het portret staan Mercurius en een personificatie van Historia. De laatste reikt hem de lauwerkrans.
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...