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Portrait of Lucas de Clercq
Also titled Portret van Lucas de Clercq
Frans Hals (Antwerp, ca. –1666)
c. 1635
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- support: height 121.6 cm x width 91.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam
- 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
Lucas de Clercq and Feyntje van Steenkiste were Mennonites, a movement within Protestantism known for its sober character. This explains why they had their likenesses painted in such a plain manner. De Clercq’s pose, however, is anything but modest. With his arm akimbo, he exudes self-assurance. This quality is further emphasized by his right arm, which is not in a sling, but stylishly swathed in costly fabric.
