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Portrait of Cornelis Ploos van Amstel

Jacobus Buys1766

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Amsterdam timber merchant Ploos van Amstel, a founding member of the Felix Meritis Society, had an impressive collection of drawings, paintings, coins and medals and sculptures. He was also a designer, draughtsman and publisher, and invented a new print-making technique for making facsimile reproductions of drawings. The screen by the window ensures that a soft, even light falls on the copper plate on which he is working.

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  • Title: Portrait of Cornelis Ploos van Amstel
  • Creator: Buys, Jacobus
  • Date Created: 1766
  • Physical Dimensions: paneel
  • Subject Keywords: portret, Ploos van Amstel, Cornelis
  • Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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