Portret van een zittende man met boek Possibly 1868

"Portret van een zittende man met boek" is a carte-de-visite photograph by Dutch artist A. Böeseken, likely created around 1868. This portrait captures a man seated in an ornately carved chair, his hand resting on a table. The subject appears to be dressed in formal attire, indicative of his social standing, holding a book in his lap. Böeseken's expertise in photographic portraiture is evident in the sharp detail and composed composition of the image. Carte-de-visites, popular in the mid-19th century, were small-sized photographs often used as calling cards or mementos.