Portrait of Pieter Ernst Hendrik Praetorius, Broker, Draftsman and Painter. Chairman of the Board of the Rijksmuseum 1852-74

Portrait of Pieter Ernst Hendrik Praetorius, broker, draftsman and painter. Chairman of the board of the Rijksmuseum 1852-1874. Seated half-length figure, looking to the right. Dressed in a dark suit with a white plastron. The right hand rests against the face, while the elbow leans on a portfolio with drawings, on one of the protruding sheets his name appears. To the right, against the tablecloth, a piece of the chair back.