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Portrait of Frans Modius
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Frans Modius, a jurist and philologist from the Netherlands, aged 31. Half-length portrait, slightly turned to the left, standing before a 'table'. His right hand rests on a book, in his left hand a sword. Short hair with mustache, broad pleated ruff and matching cuffs, shoulder cape over the doublet. Triple chain around the neck. Family coat of arms in the upper left; his name and age in the upper right.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit linePortret van Frans Modius. 1587. Johann Sadeler (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
