# Portrait of Martinus Alewijn

- By: Dirck van Santvoort (Amsterdam, ca. –1680)
- Date: 1644
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: outer size: depth 8 cm (support incl. SK-L-2106)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-1310--d4b06cfc7be18b17e001f6c30b6f9398)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/0ad515658495ee582a2c578c7c04d91c.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This canvas presents Martinus Alewijn, the ten-year-old son of an Amsterdam merchant. He is not simply eternalized in paint as the wealthy city boy that he was, but rather in the guise of a shepherd holding a staff sitting beneath a tree, with a dog and some sheep. These motifs reference country life and hunting. They underscore the family's prominent social standing and affluence.