Early 17th-Century French School, Portrait Of The Humanist Denis Godefroy Animals Little is known about Cornelis

Little is known about Cornelis Jan Bolt aside from various exhibition catalogues that refer to his work

including ‘Saskia in Bed’ and other studies by Rembrandt

This painting speaks of an artist committed to plein air not for the pursuit of fleeting effects

Adorned in a sumptuous sheer turquoise gown trimmed with gold lace

Provenance: Portugal

Early 17th-Century French School, Portrait Of The Humanist Denis Godefroy Animals Little is known about CornelisThis meditative early 17th century oil painting depicts the French jurist and humanist Denis Godefroy (1549 1622), known in Latin as Dionysius Gothofredus, one of Europes most respected scholars. The sitters features closely echo the well known engraved portrait of Godefroy, and are rendered with austere precision. In early 17th century France, portraits such as this were acts of reverence. To own the image of a great jurist, theologian, or