Cuyp specialized in careful likenesses of the middle class in the town of dordrecht, in the southern part of holland. His clients were less interested in innovation than in a sober conservative style that matched their own lives. By 1645, this kind of starched "figure-eight" collar was distinctly old fashioned. Although the artist signed and dated this work, the sitter is identified only by his age in a latin inscription reading, "as i am at age 67. ". Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1645 (Baroque). Place of creation: Dordrecht, Netherlands. Dimensions: height: 73.6 cm (28.9 in); width: 59 cm (23.2 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp - Portrait Of a Man at Age 67 - Walters 37589
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