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Portrait of Dirck, Johannes, or Jacobus Wallis
Also titled Portret van Dirck, Johannes of Jacobus Wallis
Johannes Verspronck (Haarlem, 1600–1662)
1653
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- outer size: depth 5.5 cm (support incl. SK-L-6065)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery
- 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
Along with Frans Hals, Cornelis Verspronck was the most sought-after portraitist in Haarlem. Burghers who deemed Hals’ brushstrokes to be too loose, turned to him. Verspronck’s realistic portrait style is brilliantly exemplified in this likeness of a member of the Wallis family, which is laid out in detail in a sober and serene manner. Quite exceptionally it is still in its original frame. A rarity!
