Prince Charles Louis of the Palatinate with his Tutor Wolrad von Plessen in Historical Dress  1631

by Jan Lievens

Wearing a gold medallion around his neck, an elderly man leans forward and extends a hand towards a youth who sits in front of a book. The man looks neither at the boy nor at the large open volume but instead gazes sympathetically at the viewer. Wearing a laurel wreath upon his head and dressed in a golden yellow robe with a richly embroidered cape, the daydreaming boy sta...
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