Mid-17th-Century Spanish School, Portrait Of A Theologian Trees taking Geldorp with him

taking Geldorp with him

Inscribed on the reverse and held within a splendid gilt frame which is probably original

and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston

in which he paints two almighty fires that dominate the night’s sky

He’s considered by many to be the father of British landscape painting as he enlivened the popular views of the day with a new sense of beauty and idealised wonder

Mid-17th-Century Spanish School, Portrait Of A Theologian Trees taking Geldorp with himThis mid 17th century Spanish oil on canvas depicts a dignified man of learning a theologian, or perhaps a cathedral canon. Dressed in a black cassock, marked by a vertical row of red buttons or embroidery, he's evidently a cleric of senior rank. In 17th century Spain, such red trimming was associated with the Faculty of Theology, worn by those who had attained the highest academic degree: the Doctor Theologiae. The square biretta, resting neatly upon