Bust of a Man Hendrik de Keyser (1565–1621)
Also titled Borstbeeld van een man
Hendrick de Keyser (I) (Utrecht, 1565–1621)
1606
- Medium
- terracotta (clay material)
- Classification
- figure
- Dimensions
- height 38.5 cm (socle BK-NM-4192)
- 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
Hendrik de Keyser made portrait busts in terracotta (fired clay), which he then painted in natural colours. Such portraits were considerably less expensive than sculptures carved in marble. This one still has its original oak pedestal. The doubly talented De Keyser was both a sculptor and a prominent architect.
