Portrait of Lucas van Voorst, 1628
Paulus Moreelseexpand_more
Oil on panelexpand_more
The John R. Van Derlip Fundexpand_more 88.64.1
On View in Gallery 312expand_more
Lucas van Voorst (1590–1669) was a goldsmith and jeweler in the Dutch town of Utrecht. Yet Paul Moreelse, one of the finest portrait painters of the time, offers no indication that van Voorst is a craftsman. Instead, he shows the man as a prosperous citizen, fashionably dressed, his table covered with an exotic and presumably expensive Persian rug. A family chronicle describes Lucas as “an amiable man, not vindictive, affectionate and beloved by his friends, charitable, generous, gay…. He was of medium height, with well-made shoulders, legs, and calves, or a merry countenance, with some red and white intermixed.”
Details
- Title
- Portrait of Lucas van Voorst
- Artist Life
- 1571–1638
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 88.64.1
- Curator Approved
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