Portrait of the Physician Herman Boerhaave, Professor at the University of Leiden, Cornelis Troost, 1735

Title(s)

Portrait of the Physician Herman Boerhaave, Professor at the University of Leiden

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-2342

Inscriptions / marks

• signature and date: ‘C. Troost 1735’

Description

Portret van Hermanus Boerhaave (1668-1738), geneeskundige, hoogleraar aan de universiteit te Leiden. Ten halven lijve, het gezicht naar rechts gewend.

Artist

• painter: Cornelis Troost

Dating

1735

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

• canvas
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 90 cm × width 70 cm

What

• historical persons
• professor
• physician, doctor (+ scholar, scientist (at work))

Who

• Universiteit van Leiden
• Hermanus Boerhaave

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Acquisition

purchase 1908

Copyright

Public domain