Portrait of Gerard Andriesz Bicker  1642

Like his father, the twenty-year-old Gerard Bicker is portrayed as self-assured, his arm akimbo. The striking [br]differences in the garments worn by father and son confirm that they are from different generations. While his father Andries is dressed in dignified black clothing with an old-fashioned ruff, Gerard wears a colourful and showy outfit with a flat collar and ele...