File:Sorgh Portrait of a man.jpg
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[edit]Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh: Portrait of a man writing at a table (Scholar in his study) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q1237823 |
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Title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | portrait | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1663 date QS:P571,+1663-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions | 81 × 74 cm (31.8 × 29.1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q153306 |
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Current location |
not on view |
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Accession number |
M.Ob.1211 |
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Inscriptions |
Signature and date: HM Sorgh / 1663
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Notes | Portrayed is probably a Protestant preacher and theologian with the Bible opened on the table. A dog depicted as a companion to the scholar is a symbol of fidelity, vigilance and regularity in the research due to assigned to this animal natural intelligence and intuition, a parrot is a symbol of erudition and eloquence. The table is covered with a Turkish carpet (floral Ushak). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References |
ed. Krzysztof Pomian (2012). Wywyższeni : od faraona do Lady Gagi. Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie. ISBN 97-88371009-62-4, cat. no. 309, p. 321 www.maius.uj.edu.pl |
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Source/Photographer | pl.pinterest.com |
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Categories:
- Paintings by Hendrick Martensz. Sorgh in the National Museum in Warsaw
- 17th-century portrait paintings of unidentified men
- 17th-century oil portraits of sitting men at full length
- 17th-century portrait paintings with dogs
- 17th-century portrait paintings with parrots
- Bible reading in art
- Portrait paintings of men with birds
- Portrait paintings of men with dogs
- Portrait paintings of men with open books
- Portrait paintings with table carpets
- Portraits writing
- Theologians in art