Portrait of Andries de Graeff
Also titled Portret van Andries de Graeff
Artus Quellinus (I) (Antwerp, 1609–1668)
1661
- Medium
- marble (rock)
- Classification
- bust
- Dimensions
- height 76 cm x width 76 cm x depth 36 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
In assuming power, the mayors of Amsterdam were inspired by the ancient Roman Republic. This is powerfully expressed in this imposing portrait bust of Andries de Graeff. With his cloak wrapped to resemble a Classical toga, the mayor had himself immortalized in marble in the guise of a Roman consul, as is suggested by the letters ‘COS’ (the abbreviation for a consul in ancient Rome) following his name on the pedestal.
