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Portrait of Pieter Rabus
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Portrait to the right of Pieter Rabus in an ornamental oval medallion. The portrait rests on a pedestal with a relief depicting several classicist figures near a tombstone and a pond with swans. To the left of the portrait, a putto with flowers and a cord in his left hand, which he uses to draw back part of a curtain above the portrait. A snake bites at the flowers he is dropping. In the background to the left, three dancing nude female figures are spied upon by two satyrs in a forest; to the right, a view into the city of Rotterdam. Below the scene, two lines in Latin.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit linePortret van Pieter Rabus. 1744. Jacob Houbraken. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.