Portrait of a Goldsmith
around 1505/10 | Gerard David
Along with the development of the burgher portrait in the cities of the Netherlands in the 15th century, depictions of self-confident craftsmen also emerged, in which the viewer is presented with the subject’s artistic achievements. It has been assumed that with his portrait of the elegant gentleman in a fur-lined, brocaded cloak and fur cap, displaying precious rings, David may have portrayed his own father-in-law, the Bruges goldsmith, Jacob Cnoop the Younger.
Along with the development of the burgher portrait in the cities of the Netherlands in the 15th century, depictions of self-confident craftsmen also emerged, in which the viewer is presented with the subject’s artistic achievements. It has been assumed that with his portrait of the elegant gentleman in a fur-lined, brocaded cloak and fur cap, displaying precious rings, David may have portrayed his own father-in-law, the Bruges goldsmith, Jacob Cnoop the Younger.
Artist:
Gerard David (um 1460 Oudewater bei Gouda - 1523 Brügge) DNB
Time:
around 1505/10
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Early Netherlandish
Material/technology:
oak wood
Dimensions:
29,7 cm x 22,5 cm
Framed: 33,5 cm x 27,3 cm x 3,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 970
Provenance
1638-1649 Coll. Hamilton (?); 1659 Coll. Leopold Wilhelm
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