Thomas de Keyser, 1625 - Portrait of a Woman with a Balance - fine art print

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In the year 1625 Thomas de Keyser made the artwork. The original had the size: 9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in (23,2 x 17,5 cm). Oil on wood was applied by the Dutch artist as the medium of the masterpiece. Today, this work of art forms part of the digital art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. We are happy to reference that the work of art, which is part of the public domain is being provided with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, From the Collection of Rita and Frits Markus, Bequest of Rita Markus, 2005. : From the Collection of Rita and Frits Markus, Bequest of Rita Markus, 2005. Further, the alignment is in portrait format with a ratio of 3 : 4, which implies that the length is 25% shorter than the width. The architect, painter Thomas de Keyser was an artist, whose artistic style can primarily be attributed to Baroque. The European painter was born in the year 1596 and died at the age of 71 in 1667 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.

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The man is a shell collector, in an age when foreign trade opened up a wide world of natural curiosities. His wife holds a balance, symbolizing the virtue of temperance. De Keyser was one of the leading portraitists in Amsterdam during the 1620s and 1630s. He is best known for small full-length portraits, but he also painted large group portraits and small bust- and half-length portraits.

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