Thomas de Keyser (1596-97 - 1667)

• Was a Dutch painter and architect.
• Thomas was a son of the architech and sculptor Hendrik de Keyser.
• Keyser was the most in-demand portrait painter in the Netherlands until the 1630s, when Rembrandt eclipsed him in popularity.
• Rembrandt was influenced by his work.
• The Stedelijk Museum modern art museum in Amsterdam carries a statue of de Keyser on its facade.
• A street in Enschede is named for him.
• The landscape painter Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruisdael painted a landscape as a background to one of his group portraits.
• In the 1640s, de Keyser received very few painting commissions, and was forced to seek income elsewhere.
• He owned a basalt business from 1640 until 1654, when he returned to painting.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Thomas de Keyser, Portrait of a Lady, 1632.
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