Boy in a Cape and Turban (Portrait of Prince Rupert of the Palatinate)

In this beautiful and compelling image, Jan Lievens has depicted the sitter, Prince Rupert of the Palatinate (1619–1690), as a Turkish or Persian character or a figure from a biblical story. The smooth-faced boy is exotically dressed in a golden cape and a blue and gold turban festooned with the soaring plume of a bird of paradise. Light falling from the left illuminates the brilliant, shimmering fabrics of his wardrobe, a symphony of yellows, golds, and blues that bespeaks wealth and privilege.

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