Jacques d'Agar (Circle), Portrait Of A Gentleman In A Silk Robe Trees for inspiration

for inspiration

Pedersen’s work can be found in several public collections including at the Danish National Gallery

Little is known about him but many painters undertook study trips to France during the 19th-century

Some say that it began with competitive postal workers racing their horses all over the country

trousers and white shirt

Jacques d'Agar (Circle), Portrait Of A Gentleman In A Silk Robe Trees for inspirationThis enchanting late 17th century French oil painting depicts an elegant gentleman in a silk robe with his right index finger on an open book. Stylistically, its comparable to the oeuvre of Jacques d'Agar (1640 1715). Dressed in a rather ostentatious embroidered silk robe, which is seemingly held closed by his left hand, he conveys the air of an enlightened scholar. Behind, a classical column indicates his distinguished lineage, while an open book