Michael SweertsDutch, 1618–1664Michael Sweerts (1618-1664), etchings, 1656
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Where is “Michael Sweerts (1618-1664), etchings, 1656” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Thirteen lifelike faces from 1656 look back, or away from us. The figures differ in gender, age, clothing style, and facial expression. In Brussels, Michael Sweerts gave drawing lessons to artists in training. This series may have been part of his teaching material; students would use them to draw from models. While not portraits, the types were certainly meant to be recognizable, for instance as random passers-by in a typical 1656 street scene.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-P-1889-A-14875
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
![Soldats jouant aux cartes dans une caverne aménagée en corps de garde, Sweerts, Michael, XVIIe siècle (S.D.b.d. sur un cartellino : M.S. 16[49 ?] plutôt que 1645 (les deux derniers chiffres sont pratiquement illisibles aujourd’hui).) (1649)](https://collections.louvre.fr/media/cache/large/0000000021/0000064789/0000605740_OG.JPG)
