Portret van Adriaan Dortsman
Pieter van der Plas (II)
1687 - 1708
Medium
paper
Dimensions
184; 256
About this artwork
collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
This portrait of Adriaan Dortsman, rendered by Pieter van der Plas II on paper, offers a glimpse into Dutch portraiture from the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Measuring 256 by 184 millimeters, the work’s modest scale suggests an intimate study or preparatory drawing rather than a large formal commission. Van der Plas II worked during a period when Dutch artists increasingly explored paper as a versatile medium, allowing for fluid lines and subtle tonal effects that captured individual character with immediacy. The presence of the collector’s mark Lugt 2228 indicates the she...