Portrait of Wigbold Slicher (June 27, 1627 -June 5, 1718), Receiver-general of the Admiralty in Amsterdam
Nicolaes Maes·1675
Historical Context
Portrait of Wigbold Slicher, Receiver-General of the Admiralty in Amsterdam from 1675 by Nicolaes Maes depicts a senior naval administrator. The Dutch Admiralty portraits documented the officials who managed the Republic's powerful navy during the height of its maritime power. Maes trained with Rembrandt in Amsterdam in the early 1650s before establishing himself as an independent master. His mature portrait style absorbed Flemish elegance — producing fashionable likenesses with looser brushw...
Technical Analysis
The official portrait renders the naval administrator with appropriate dignity, combining official gravitas with Maes's naturalistic approach to portraiture.
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