Zelfportret
Samuel van Hoogstraten
1677 - 1678
Medium
etching
Dimensions
162; 123
About this artwork
opschrift, recto onder, etsen: ‘Hoogstraeten, die 't penseel verwisselt met de pen, Wil dat zyn vaderland hem dus naer 't leeven ken, Min in zyn beeld, dan konst op loutre reedens gronden, Geroemt in Cesars-hof te Roome en binnen Londen. J. Oudaan.’
About the Artist
Samuel van Hoogstraten · 1627–1678
Studied under his father, Dirck, and under Rembrandt. Was noted as an artist to the emperor in Vienna and as the head of an academy in Dordrecht. Comment on works: History; Portraits; Genre; Landscapes; Still life; Mythology; Religious