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Portrait of Arnoldus van Rijneveld
Also titled Portret van Arnoldus van Rijneveld
Louis Tocqué (Paris, 1696–1772)
c. 1738
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 91.5 cm x width 72 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
The painter Louis Tocqué was accepted into the French Académie Royale in 1734. His work was highly sought after at that time. He was much admired for his ability to evoke an informal atmosphere, while nevertheless meticulously rendering his sitter’s sumptuous clothing and accessories. Arnoldus van Rijneveld’s fashionable outfit, undoubtedly from Paris, is made of velvet embroidered with gold thread.
