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Pieter Verelst
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Description
- Pieter Hermansz. Verelst
- Portrait of a young man offering a drink to a young lady standing by a fountain, a landscape beyond
- signed and dated on the fountain lower centre: P Verelst f. 1654
- oil on canvas
Catalogue Note
The symbolism in this portrait - the oyster shell proffered by the young man and the sculpture of Cupid on the fountain - would indicate this may have been intended as a betrothal or marriage portrait.