Portrait of Hendrick de Hartog — Adriaan de Lelie

Adriaan de Lelie. Painted 1790.

Hendrick de Hartog taught mathematics at the Felix Meritis Society on Monday evenings. He had this portrait made when the Dutch East India Company (VOC) appointed him a navigation examiner. On the table are a telescope and a sextant. De Hartog had devised a new, viable arithmetic method for calculating lunar distance while at sea.

From the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

canvas, oil paint (paint) · Original size: 64 × 79 cm · Gift of V.E. Schaefer, Laren (Noord-Holland) and F. Schaefer-de Balbian Verster, Laren (Noord-Holland)

Print: 64 × 79 cm, printed on Hahnemühle FineArt archival cotton paper. Museum-grade reproduction quality, true to the colours and detail of the original work.

Frame (optional): a custom-made wooden frame in a matte black finish, cut to the exact dimensions of this print, with an off-white passe-partout mat and protective glazing. Ready to hang.

Source: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200409103. Image released under CC0 by the Rijksmuseum.