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Portrait of a Man Holding a Watch

Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandtc. 1665-70

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

Held in the hand or displayed in a private domestic space, miniature portraits were designed for intimate viewing. The sitter holds a watch, often a symbol of mortality and the passage of time. Like his colleague Gerrit Dou, Slingelandt was one of the Leiden fijnschilders (fine painters), a group of artists whose paintings were internationally recognized for their extraordinary detail and precise technique.

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  • Title: Portrait of a Man Holding a Watch
  • Creator: Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt (Dutch)
  • Date Created: c. 1665-70
  • Physical Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 cm (3 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.)
  • Provenance: (Schloss Ahlden, Ahlden, Germany, September 4, 2016, no. 1094), (Phillip Mould & Co., London, by whom sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.105
  • Medium: oil on wood
  • Inscriptions: signed with monogram at right, lower center: PVS
  • Fun Fact: The domed building in the background of this portrait is the Marekerk, one of Leiden's most distinctive architectural landmarks.
  • Department: European Painting and Sculpture
  • Culture: Netherlands
  • Credit Line: L. E. Holden Fund
  • Collection: P - Netherlandish-Dutch
  • Accession Number: 2017.105
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