Abraham Toorenvliet 1685-1735 - A boy in a window with a parrot and dog, oil on panel Double click image to zoom
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Abraham Toorenvliet 1685-1735

A boy in a window with a parrot and dog

Medium
oil on panel
Signed
signed lower right 'A Toorenvliet'
Dimensions
42 x 30 cm
Price
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Additional Information

The interesting secret message in this painting might be forgotten in our time but for the 17th and 18th century viewer it was evident. The hidden erotic reference is playful depicted by the closed birdcage, dog and the potting to the parrot.

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About the artist

Abraham Toorenvliet 1685–1735

Abraham Toorenvliet the Younger belonged to an important Leiden family of artists. Born in 1682, he was the son of the painter Jacob Toorenvliet and the grandson of the drawing master and glass painter Abraham Toorenvliet. Growing up in this artistic environment, he continued a family tradition that had been closely connected with the Leiden school of painting. He is particularly associated with portraiture and drawing. Far fewer works by Abraham are known than by his father, making securely attributed examples particularly interesting. His work represents the continuation of the refined Leiden artistic tradition from the seventeenth into the early eighteenth century.

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