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Quast made a number of small full-length portraits of sitters in similar poses to the one depicted here. However, it is not known whether this painting is a portrait or a generic image of an anonymous soldier that can be related to the popular guardroom scenes of the time.
This image was painted over part of another painting: we can see the ghostly shapes of a figure on horseback, moving from right to left, accompanied by another figure walking next to the horse. Quast, who also painted history subjects, probably reused and cut down a panel that was in his studio.
Title
A Standing Man
Date
probably 1630-5
Medium
Oil on oak
Measurements
H 35 x W 23.5 cm
Accession number
NG6410
Acquisition method
Presented by the Misses Rachel F. and Jean I. Alexander; entered the Collection in 1972
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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