Jacob Adrien Backer 1609-1651 "the Birdcatcher"

Portrait of a birdcatcher, attributed to Jacob Adrien Backer 1609-1651 Oil on oak panel 60 cm x 51 cm without frame 80 cm x 71 cm with a 17th century gilded wooden frame The gentle gaze, the head inclined and proud to show us this pretty nest that he holds in his hands. This young boy elegantly wears a headdress decorated with a feather, his brown shirt lit up by a white collar is covered with a bright red coat. Charm and tenderness emerge from this very beautiful portrait. Jacob Adrien Backer is a Dutch painter born in 1609 who settled in Amsterdam around 1620. It was in Leeuwarden that he trained like Govaert Flinck and Lambert Jacobsz, his influences are numerous, Rubens, Abraham Bloemaert among others. His first commissions were portraits, kept at the Mauritshuis and mythological scenes. His works can be admired in England and Europe.