Portrait of Pieter Six with a Servant Bearing Hunting Booty by Caspar Netscher

Portrait of Pieter Six with a Servant Bearing Hunting Booty 1677

oil, canvas

portrait

character portrait

baroque

oil

possibly oil pastel

jesus-christ

canvas

portrait reference

child

portrait head and shoulder

underpainting

animal drawing portrait

14_17th-century

portrait drawing

facial portrait

portrait art

digital portrait

Caspar Netscher's 1677 painting, "Portrait of Pieter Six with a Servant Bearing Hunting Booty," depicts Pieter Six, a wealthy Amsterdam merchant, seated in a richly decorated interior. The painting showcases Netscher's mastery of Dutch Golden Age portraiture, capturing the sitter's refined elegance and status. The servant, positioned behind Six, holds a hunting trophy, hinting at the sitter's leisure pursuits, emphasizing wealth and social standing. The artwork, housed in the Städel Museum, exemplifies the Dutch penchant for detail and realism, a hallmark of the era.

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Caspar Netscher portrayed Dutch ‘high society’. Although often painted by the same compositional formula, his small portraits possess a distinctly elegant quality. Pieter Six was the nephew of Rembrandt’s patron Jan Six. At twenty-two, he was just embarking on his career when he commissioned this likeness. Artworks, precious fabrics and an Oriental rug testify to his wealth. The two dead partridges in the servant’s hand are also a status symbol. Hunting was a privilege associated with a title of nobility, which could be purchased by rich burghers.