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'''''Portrait of Floris Soop''''' or '''''The Standard Bearer''''' is a 1654 oil on canvas portrait by [[Rembrandt]], now in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]].
'''''Portrait of Floris Soop''''' or '''''The Standard Bearer''''' is a 1654 oil on canvas portrait by [[Rembrandt]], now in the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New York.

The flag, the plume in the hat, and the tooled leather baldric (sword-belt worn over shoulder) indicate that the subject is an ensign in one of Amsterdam's civic guard companies. He is almost certainly Floris Soop, a wealthy bachelor who owned some 140 paintings.

The work is currently (2018) not on view.


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Revision as of 11:10, 19 October 2018

Portrait of Floris Soop
The Standard Bearer
ArtistRembrandt
Year1654
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions140.3 cm × 114.9 cm (55.2 in × 45.2 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Accession49.7.35

Portrait of Floris Soop or The Standard Bearer is a 1654 oil on canvas portrait by Rembrandt, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The flag, the plume in the hat, and the tooled leather baldric (sword-belt worn over shoulder) indicate that the subject is an ensign in one of Amsterdam's civic guard companies. He is almost certainly Floris Soop, a wealthy bachelor who owned some 140 paintings.

The work is currently (2018) not on view.

Sources