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Bust of a Man, Probably Vincent Coster
Also titled Borstbeeld van een man, vermoedelijk Vincent Coster
Hendrick de Keyser (I) (Utrecht, 1565–1621)
1608
- Medium
- marble (rock)
- Classification
- figure
- Dimensions
- height 75 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
- 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
Elegantly draped over this man’s doublet, the raised collar of which is clearly visible, is a cloak like those worn by the ancient Romans. This gives the sitter an aristocratic air. Yet it is only an affluent citizen who is portrayed here: probably Vincent Coster, an Amsterdam ‘wine gauger’ (someone who calculated the excise duty on wine).
