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Thomas Hees and his Servant Thomas and Nephews Jan and Andries Hees
Also titled Thomas Hees en zijn bediende Thomas en neven Jan en Andries Hees
Michiel van Musscher (Rotterdam, 1645–1705)
1687
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 76 cm x width 63 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis
- 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
Thomas Hees worked as a diplomat in Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli (shown on the map in the book). There, he negotiated the release of Dutch sailors who had been conscripted as slaves. At the same time, he bought the African young man standing behind him, Thomas. He is 17, shoeless, and has an iron band around his neck: a reference to slavery and ownership.
