Old World Portraits
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Louis Tocqué
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Portrait of Gerard Cornelis van Riebeeck
Mattheus Verheyden
1755 · Oil Paint, Canvas
This 1755 oil portrait by Mattheus Verheyden captures an elegant gentleman in sumptuously embroidered silk before his sprawling country estate.
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Where it works
A weightier piece with steady character in a warmer tonal register — brings a composed sense of weight.
- Often works in
- Dining Room · Library · Living Room
- Placement
- Strongest where a vertical wall can take more presence
- Walls
- Benefits from light or mid-tone surroundings
- Color notes
- Charcoal black, Soft gray
About the piece
Painted in 1755 by Mattheus Verheyden, this full-length portrait features Gerard Cornelis van Riebeeck in a magnificent gold-brocaded waistcoat and a refined grey coat. He stands within the manicured grounds of a formal garden, with a classical Dutch country house and a strolling peacock visible in the background, epitomizing the wealth and status of the 18th-century Dutch elite.
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