# Portrait of Louis Royer

- By: Charles van Beveren (Mechelen, 1809–1850)
- Date: 1830
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 25 cm x width 21 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-1523--c2fb78b18669ad6ea02d4d58facede63)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/72e7d24466f276361c4ccbeb6e5ce94d.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The couple Louis Royer and Carolina Kerst were captured in a portrait after their return from a yearlong sojourn in Rome. Louis is seen in his sculptor’s studio surrounded by his work, some of which is on view in this gallery. One of his sculptures is visible in Carolina’s likeness. A letter and an Italian landscape allude to their Italian trip and the cross around her neck signifies her Catholic faith.