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Portrait of a Member of the Van der Mersch Family
Also titled Portret van een lid van de familie Van der Mersch
Cornelis Troost (Amsterdam, 1696–1750)
1736
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 72 cm x width 57 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
This portrait invites us to enter the room and enjoy art and music with this gentleman. Typical of the 18th century is the lack of distance between sitter and viewer: the likeness is not intimidating. We stand face to face with a cheerful young man, member of a wealthy Mennonite family from Amsterdam. The visit has caught him unawares: on his shoulder are traces of powder spilled while he powdered his wig.
