Jan de Bray, 1663 - Abraham Casteleyn and his Wife, Margarieta van Bancken - fine art print

Artwork description by Rijksmuseum website (© - by Rijksmuseum - Rijksmuseum)

Abraham Casteleyn and his wife sit holding hands as a sign of marital fidelity. Casteleyn was a printer and the founder of the newspaper Haerlemse Courant. All the objects depicted in the painting, such as the books and globe, allude to his profession and erudition. The portrait bust in the background represents Laurens Janszoon Coster of Haarlem, long considered to be the inventor of the printing press.

Abraham Casteleyn and his Wife, Margarieta van Bancken was made by Jan de Bray. The artpiece is in the the digital art collection of Rijksmuseum, which is the largest museum for Dutch art and history from the Middle Ages to the present day. With courtesy of Rijksmuseum (public domain license).The creditline of the artwork is: . What is more, the alignment is landscape and has a side ratio of 4 : 3, meaning that the length is 33% longer than the width. The painter Jan de Bray was an artist, whose style can be attributed primarily to Baroque. The Baroque painter lived for 77 years, born in 1620 in Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands and deceased in the year 1697.

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