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Oval portrait of a man in a white periwig and steel armour, holding a brass telescope, with a ship in battle smoke behind him.

Portrait of Rear-Admiral Arent van Buren

An oval portrait of a man in a voluminous white periwig, wearing polished steel armour with brass studs and a blue sash over his shoulder. He grips a long brass telescope, and a sailing ship firing amid smoke appears in a cloudy sky at right against dark drapery.

Artist
Christoffel Lubienitzki
Date
1721
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3308 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1721.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Life of Christ18th century1720s1721portraitrijksmuseumbaroque portraitoval paintingtelescopenaval officerwarshipsperiwigsteel armor

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