Jacob de Graeff (1642-90). In the Uniform of an Officer, by Gerard ter Borch (II), 1673
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Jacob de Graeff (1642-90). In the Uniform of an Officer

Also titled Jacob de Graeff (1642-90), in officiersuniform

Gerard ter Borch (II) (Zwolle, 1617–1681)

1673

Medium
panel, oil paint (paint)
Classification
painting
Dimensions
frame: depth 8.2 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

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

Naast interieurscènes schilderde Gerard ter Borch bovenal portretten. Een van de opdrachtgevers daarvan was Jacob de Graeff, regent van het Amsterdamse burgerweeshuis. De Graeff is gekleed als officier. Zijn degen hangt aan een met bont afgezette riem om zijn schouder.