Portrait of Floris Soop
1654 painting by Rembrandt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1654 painting by Rembrandt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Portrait of Floris Soop or The Standard Bearer is a 1654 oil on canvas portrait by Rembrandt, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
| Portrait of Floris Soop | |
|---|---|
| The Standard Bearer | |
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| Artist | Rembrandt |
| Year | 1654 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 140.3 cm × 114.9 cm (55.2 in × 45.2 in) |
| Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City |
| Accession | 49.7.35 |
The flag, the plume in the hat, and the tooled leather baldric (sword-belt worn over shoulder) indicate that the subject is an ensign in one of Amsterdam's civic guard companies. He is almost certainly Floris Soop, a wealthy bachelor who owned some 140 paintings.
The work is currently (2018) not on view.
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