Portrait of a Man Holding a Scroll
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Godfried Schalcken
(Made, near Breda, The Netherlands, 1643–The Hague, The Netherlands, 1706)
NationalityDutch, Europe
Date1680
MediumOil on copper
DimensionsAdditional Dimension: 16 15/16 × 13 1/2 in. (43.1 × 34.3 cm)
Framed: 21 15/16 × 18 1/2 in. (55.8 × 47 cm)
Sheet: 16 15/16 × 13 1/2 in. (43.1 × 34.3 cm)
Framed: 21 15/16 × 18 1/2 in. (55.8 × 47 cm)
Sheet: 16 15/16 × 13 1/2 in. (43.1 × 34.3 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of the Wunsch Foundation, Inc., 1991.162
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Collection AreaEuropean Painting and Sculpture
Object number1991.162
On View
Not on viewAfter training in Leiden with Gerrit Dou, Schalcken established himself as one of the most popular portrait painters in Dordrecht. He was renowned for his lighting effects, evident here in the soft golden light falling over the marble sculpture of Athena in the right background, which is divided by a dark, heavy curtain. To the left a brilliant red sun is setting. The light cast on the subject, however, comes from the front, causing the man’s scroll and collar to glow in stark contrast to his black coat.
Unknown German
18th century
