Portrait of Herman Boerhaave

Gelder, Aert de (1645-1727)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1722

Height:

79.2 cm  (31 3/16 in.)

Width:

63.5 cm  (25 in.)

oval shape

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

School:

Dutch golden age

Description

The famed doctor, scientist, and botanist Herman Boerhaave (1669-1738) was known to be devoted to playing the lute.

People as subjects

Boerhaave, Herman (1668-1738) (Musician)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Burgers, Jan W.J. The lute in the Dutch Golden Age: Musical culture in the Netherlands 1580-1670 (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2013) plate 36. ISBN 9789089645524. OCLC 861789689.

RIdIM record id

4403