Pieter Cornelisz. van Egmondt

This Dutch artist painted portraits in the mid-1600s, a time when artists were busy capturing the faces of traders, scholars, and artists themselves. You’ll find his *Portrait of a Painter* (1655) in our early collection—dark coat, white collar, and a gaze that feels quietly alive. Like many painters of his era, he worked in oil on wood panels, letting the brush handle the details. Tap through to see how light and fabric folds played out in the 17th-century studio tradition.