Muchacho con turbante y un ramillete de flores
Muchacho con turbante y un ramillete de flores
In addition to painting scenes of street life with picturesque characters inspired by his years in Rome, Sweerts also produced a few portraits as well as a series of half-length and bust-length elderly and young men and boys. These figures are depicted against a plain, dark background with the head turned to one side and the light entering from the left.
Boy in a Turban holding a Nosegay has been associated with the group of paintings that Sweerts executed at the end of his Amsterdam period. The fact that the boy is holding a nosegay has led to the suggestion that this is a representation of the sense of Smell. Sweerts executed two, now dispersed, series on the Five Senses.
The image of this boy is conveyed with a great sense of volume through the modelling and the combination of colours chosen for the clothes.
High resolution pigment ink on cotton paper
30.1 x 24.3 in
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Michiel Sweerts
Michiel Sweerts was a Flemish Baroque painter born in Brussels and resident in Rome, where he joined the circle of well-known Dutch painters dedicated to depicting genre scenes from everyday life.
Thyssen
The Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum is a Madrid art gallery exhibiting the works of old and modern masters. It owes its existence to the lease agreement (1988) and the subsequent acquisition by the Spanish Government (1993), of the most valuable core of the private collection built over seven decades by the Thyssen-Bornemisza family.