Early 17th-Century Dutch School, Portrait Of A Swedish Officer With An Anchor & Ceremonial Langdebeve Places Panitzsch has tackled the complexity

Panitzsch has tackled the complexity of several surfaces

while a feathery array of branches draws us towards a distant tinted forest

almost serpentine

which is fastened via buttons in amaranth red

the pawnbroker mentioned earlier

Early 17th-Century Dutch School, Portrait Of A Swedish Officer With An Anchor & Ceremonial Langdebeve Places Panitzsch has tackled the complexityThis heavily inscribed early 17th century half length portrait depicts an officer wearing a silk doublet with a gorget, presented in a feigned oval. Hes standing alongside an anchor and ceremonial langdebeve, in reference to his motto Per Mare Per Terras (by sea, by land). Its plausible that this portrait was produced posthumously and relates to a significant military leader, as one of the inscriptions translates as Rise Again In Hope. Its dated 1638