Rijksmuseum
Portrait of Adam Wachendorff, with a Putto Blowing Bubbles
Cornelis Ketel
- Date
- 1574
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Culture
- London
- Institution
- Rijksmuseum
The sitter, Adam Wachendorff, can be identified from the family coat of arms on his watch case. He was the secretary of the London offices of the Hanseatic League, a trading alliance of European cities. The Greek inscription on the original frame (‘Man is a soap bubble’) and the naked youth blowing bubbles on the reverse allude to the transience of human life.
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Creator
Cornelis Ketelpainter from the Northern Netherlands (1548-1616) · 1548–1616
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