Portrait of a gentleman, possibly Herman Boerhaave (1668 – 1738)
Oil on canvas, oval, 76 x 70 cm; including frame 93 x 77.5 cm
Reverse inscribed ‘H. Boerhaave’
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This portrait of a gentleman seems to date around 1730. The reverse is inscribed with the name of the Leiden professor of medicine Herman Boerhaave, who was famous during his lifetime and several portraits of him still exist.