Jan Adam Kruseman
(Haarlem 1804-1862)

Portrait of a man in Oriental costume

Oil on canvas 85 x 70cm
Signed m.r.: J.A. Kruseman van Haarlem ft 1824Provenance
Mr Ferweda, Amsterdam
Private collection, The Neterlands

Portrait of a man in Oriental costume was painted when Kruseman worked in the workshop of Jacques Louis David. At that same time David was working on his last important and world-famous painting “Mars disarmed by Venus and three Graces”. Kruseman has used the same model for his portrait as David use for his Mars. The model has exceptionally nice and classic features. His soft eyes, beautiful eyebrows, classical nose and well proportioned mouth make him an ideal model in the international taste of that time.

Literature
De Leeuw, Nederlandse oriëntalisten, ill. p. 13-14,1985
Jan Adam Kruseman, Stichting Paleis Het Loo Nationaal Museum, ill. p. 160 and 211

Exhibited
1823, Tentoonstelling voor levende meesters ’s-Gravenhage
1824, Tentoonstelling voor Levende Meesters, Amsterdam,
2002/2003, Jan Adam Kruseman, De society schilder van de Hollandse Romantiek, Paleis Het Loo Nationaal Museum, Apeldoorn

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