Mr IACOB CORNELISZ DIENAER DER GEMEINTE CHRISTI…. (portrait of Jacob Cornelisz. van Daalen)

Beschrijving

Portrait of Jacob Cornelisz. van Daalen (1608-1663) preacher and surgeon in Amsterdam. He is sitting on a chair looking towards right with a booklet in his left hand. On the left of the composition a couple of opened books: one is showing a print with a standing body evidencing the muscles, while the on the other rests a piece of paper with Dutch inscription. Hanging from the table another piece of paper with two lines after the Gospel of Luke. Lettered on the bottom:’Mr IACOB CORNELISZ DIENAER DER GEMEINTE CHRISTI., EN CHIRURGYN BINNEN / AMSTERDAM GEBOREN TOT ROTTERDAM, A. MDCVIII / Siet hier het Beeltnis… en Lichaemi te genesen.’ Signed on the bottom left: ‘C.de Visscher ad vivum delineavit’ and on the right:’F. H. van den Hoove sculpsit’.