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Portrait of a Doctor
Ludger tom Ring the Youngerabout 1572
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Indianapolis, United States
Details
- Title: Portrait of a Doctor
- Creator Lifespan: 1522 - 1584
- Creator Nationality: German
- Creator Gender: Male
- Date Created: about 1572
- Type: oil paintings
- Rights: Gift of Mrs. Booth Tarkington
- External Link: http://www.imamuseum.org/mercury/load-artwork/12702
- Medium: oil on wood
- wall label: Ludger tom Ring's output consists almost entirely of still lifes and portraits of stolid German burghers and their families. The man portrayed in this work is a doctor, a fact clearly conveyed by the books in his library, authored by Hippocrates, Galen, Vesalius and others. The inclusion of a skull and an hourglass, common in Northern Renaissance portraits, is meant as a reminder of the brevity of life and the fleeting nature of worldly pursuits, including the intellectual endeavors of the physician.
- measurements: 16 3/8 x 11 3/8 in.
- Artist: Ring, Ludger tom, the younger
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