# Portrait of Ernest de Beveren, Lord of West-IJsselmonde and De Lindt

- By: Aert de Gelder (Dordrecht, 1645–1727)
- Date: 1685
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 128 cm x width 105 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-3969--5c4ed4650cb22dcd604123d6e245d3dd)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/eGXzA/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The 25-year-old Ernest de Beveren was the last scion of one of Dordrecht’s most distinguished regent families. He is represented in a fanciful historicizing costume. Emulating Rembrandt, De Gelder painted with broad brushstrokes, used his brush handle to scratch into the paint layer, and introduced similar contrasts of light and dark.