Wikipedia

File:Sorgh Portrait of a man.jpg

Original file ‎(564 × 618 pixels, file size: 47 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh: Portrait of a man writing at a table (Scholar in his study)  wikidata:Q22712622 reasonator:Q22712622
Artist
Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh  (circa 1610
date QS:P,+1610–00–00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
–1670)  wikidata:Q1237823
 
Hendrik Martenszoon Sorgh
Alternative names
Hendrick Martensz. Sorch genaamd Rokes, Hendrik Martensz. Sorch genaamd Rokes, Hendrick Sorch, Hendrick Martensz. Sorch, Hendrik Sorch, Hendrik Martensz. Sorch, Hendrick Martensz. Sorg genaamd Rokes, Hendrik Martensz. Sorg genaamd Rokes, Hendrick Sorg, Hendrik Sorg, Hendrik Martensz. Sorg, Hendrik Martensz. Sorgh genaamd Rokes, Hendrick Sorgh, Hendrik Sorgh, Hendrick Martensz. Zorg genaamd Rokes, Hendrik Martensz. Zorg genaamd Rokes, Hendrick Zorg, Hendrick Martensz. Zorg, Hendrik Zorg, Hendrik Martensz. Zorg, Hendrick Martensz. Zorgh genaamd Rokes, Hendrik Martensz. Zorgh genaamd Rokes, Hendrick Zorgh, Hendrick Martensz. Zorgh, Hendrik Zorgh, Hendrik Martensz. Zorgh
Description Dutch painter and drawer
Date of birth/death circa 1610
date QS:P,+1610-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
 28 June 1670 (buried)
Location of birth/death Rotterdam Rotterdam
Work period between circa 1630 and circa 1670
date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1630-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1670-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location
Rotterdam Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q1237823
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Portrait of a scholar Edit this at Wikidata
label QS:Lfr,"Portrait d'un homme écrivant à la table (Savant dans son bureau)."
label QS:Lpl,"Portret mężczyzny piszącego przy stole (Uczony w pracowni)."
label QS:Len,"Portrait of a man writing at a table (Scholar in his study)."
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1663
date QS:P571,+1663-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions 81 × 74 cm (31.8 × 29.1 in)
institution QS:P195,Q153306
Current location
not on view
Accession number
M.Ob.1211
Inscriptions

Signature and date:

HM Sorgh / 1663
Notes Portrayed is probably a Protestant preacher and theologian with the Bible opened on the table. A dog depicted as a companion to the scholar is a symbol of fidelity, vigilance and regularity in the research due to assigned to this animal natural intelligence and intuition, a parrot is a symbol of erudition and eloquence. The table is covered with a Turkish carpet (floral Ushak).
References

ed. Krzysztof Pomian (2012). Wywyższeni : od faraona do Lady Gagi. Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie. ISBN 97-88371009-62-4, cat. no. 309, p. 321

www.maius.uj.edu.pl
Source/Photographer pl.pinterest.com

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current20:18, 29 November 2016Thumbnail for version as of 20:18, 29 November 2016564 × 618 (47 KB)ArtinplBetter quality
21:32, 20 July 2012Thumbnail for version as of 21:32, 20 July 2012424 × 460 (114 KB)BurgererSF{{Information |Description= |Source= |Date= |Author= |Permission= |other_versions= }}
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sorgh_Portrait_of_a_man.jpg"