Early 17th-Century French School, Portrait Of The Humanist Denis Godefroy Animals This painting speaks of an

This painting speaks of an artist committed to plein air not for the pursuit of fleeting effects

Storms were his raison d’etre - wild conditions that could tear a sail to shreds

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and travelling at speed

Provenance: Portugal

Early 17th-Century French School, Portrait Of The Humanist Denis Godefroy Animals This painting speaks of anThis meditative early 17th century oil painting depicts the French jurist and humanist Denis Godefroy (1549 1622), known in Latin as Dionysius Gothofredus, one of Europes most respected scholars. The sitters features closely echo the well known engraved portrait of Godefroy, and are rendered with austere precision. In early 17th century France, portraits such as this were acts of reverence. To own the image of a great jurist, theologian, or