Caspar Netscher* (1639-1684)
Caspar Netscher* (1639-1684)

Portrait of an Officer in full Armor, standing three-quarter length in a portico overlooking a mountainous landscape, his arm resting beside his helmet on a stone ledge carved in low relief

Details
Caspar Netscher* (1639-1684)
Portrait of an Officer in full Armor, standing three-quarter length in a portico overlooking a mountainous landscape, his arm resting beside his helmet on a stone ledge carved in low relief
signed and dated 'C. Netscher/16(5?)9'
oil on canvas--oval
21 x 17in. (53.3 x 43.2cm.)
Literature
M.E. Wieseman, Caspar Netscher, Columbia University, Phd. Dissertation, 1991, no. 169.

Lot Essay

In her dissertation with catalogue raisonné, Betsy Wieseman (op. cit.) accepts the present painting, although she has not examined the original. She questions whether the date should read 1679 instead of 1659. The former date she feels is more consistent with the painting's style.