Thomas de Keyser

Thomas de Keyser (* 1596 in Amsterdam, buried June 7, 1667 or died in November 1679 ) was a Dutch painter and basalt stone dealer.

The son of the sculptor Hendrick de Keyser was a lifelong active as a painter, initially under the influence of Dirck Hals and Rembrandt van Rijn in Amsterdam. Although about his life and about his training, little is known, he is one with Hals, Rembrandt and Bartholomeus van der Heist to the most distinguished portrait painters of the Dutch school. It combines exceptional clarity of color and a fine coloristic sense with energy of conception and sharpness of the drawing. The architect Pieter de Keyser was his brother.

Major works

  • Protect piece, 1633
  • The four mayors, 1638
  • Portraits of the Amsterdam mayor Cornelis de Graeff and his wife Catharina Hooft
  • Portraits of a married couple with son and daughter, 1625
  • Woman with a young man at a table, 1650
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