Umjetnik: Dirck Druyf
Datum: 1659
Veličina: 14 x 11 cm
Tehnika: Silver
This small portrait was applied in oils on a silver plate, and as far as we know it was the only time that Dirk Druyf used such a support. His only other likeness on metal is of a young girl that he painted on the back of an engraved copperplate.5 The bust-length figure fills much of the surface, and since he is turned to the left the picture probably had a companion piece, possibly of his wife. The unidentified sitter has put his gloved hand on his chest. Although the imperfections in perspective and anatomy that are typical of Druyf are not so glaring due to the modest size of the painting, the head does nevertheless look as if it is placed immediately on top of the torso, and the man’s bent right arm is too small. The aforementioned portrait of the girl on copper displays exactly the same shortcomings. The picture was bequeathed to the Rijksmuseum during his lifetime by Jacob Rudolph Hendrik Neervoort van de Poll. He was an illegitimate son and heir of Jonkheer Jacobus Salomon Hendrik van de Poll, who left his entire collection of paintings to the museum in 1880. It is not known whether this portrait is of an ancestor or was acquired by the donor. Richard Harmanni, 2022 See Key to abbreviations, Rijksmuseum painting catalogues and Acknowledgements
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