Portrait of a Gentleman
Jacob Adriaensz. Backer (Harlingen 1608 - Amsterdam 1651), attr.
Lot-No. 405
Oil/wood, 34 x 27 cm, on the reverse old labels with attributions to Frans Hals and Willem van Mieris. - Dutch portrait and history painter. B. was taught painting in Leeuwarden until 1633 and thereafter settled in Amsterdam. Although influences of Rembrandt are visible in B.s work he most probably was no pupil of him. Mus.: St. Petersburg (Eremitage), Amsterdam, Berlin, Dresden, München a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker.
Jacob Adriaensz. Backer: Portrait of a Gentleman
Jacob Adriaensz. Backer (Harlingen 1608 - Amsterdam 1651), attr.
Portrait of a Gentleman
Lot-No. 405
Oil/wood, 34 x 27 cm, on the reverse old labels with attributions to Frans Hals and Willem van Mieris. - Dutch portrait and history painter. B. was taught painting in Leeuwarden until 1633 and thereafter settled in Amsterdam. Although influences of Rembrandt are visible in B.s work he most probably was no pupil of him. Mus.: St. Petersburg (Eremitage), Amsterdam, Berlin, Dresden, München a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker.
