Portrait of Francisco Lopes Suasso as a Young Man

Nicolaes Maes

ca. 1677

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Portrait painting of man dressed in beribboned robe, standing with one arm resting on a table covered with cloth, next to thick curtains. — Don Francisco (Abraham Israel) Lopes Suasso (ca. 1657–1710) was a prominent financier of Portuguese Jewish heritage. In 1688, he lent Prince William of Orange two million guilders, enabling him to invade England and assume the throne there, where he became King William III. In this portrait by Rembrandt’s pupil, the Dutch painter Nicolaes Maes, Suasso appears as a young man in his twenties, dressed in lavish and colorful attire in a rich interior.

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Courtesy Amsterdam Museum.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 5.

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Creator Bio

Nicolaes Maes was a Dutch painter who studied under Rembrandt. He first specialized in painting domestic scenes featuring women and children, but later turned to portraiture and developed his own style, with a palette of lighter colors than those favored by his teacher. He became a successful and sought-after portrait painter in Amsterdam.

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