Pieter Schout on Horseback by Thomas de Keyser (c. 1596-1667) oil on copper, 1660. Equestrian portraits were traditionally the reserve of princes. Accordingly, in the Netherlands very few equestrian portraits were made, except for the court. Only a handful of burghers had themselves immortalized on horseback. Pieter Schout was one such citizen who assumed a princely air. He was a bailiff - administrative officer - of Hagestein on the River Lek.
Pieter Schout on Horseback by Thomas de Keyser (c. 1596-1667) oil on copper, 1660. Equestrian portraits were traditionally the reserve of princes. Accordingly, in the Netherlands very few equestrian portraits were made, except for the court. Only a handful of burghers had themselves immortalized on horseback. Pieter Schout was one such citizen who assumed a princely air. He was a bailiff - administrative officer - of Hagestein on the River Lek.
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