# Portrait of Vincent Coster

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## Artwork

- Artist: [KEYSER, Hendrick de](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Marble, height 75 cm

## Commentary

This is one of the earliest civilian portrait busts made in the Netherlands. It was commissioned by Vincent Coster \(1553-1608\), a wealthy Amsterdam vintner and wine-gauger. The white marble, rarely used by Dutch sculptors that time, gives the bust a classical air, which is reinforced by clothing, an elegantly draped toga.

## Related artworks

- [Effigy of William the Silent](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3/effigy-of-william-the-silent-re5673c9b3f8fcb>)
- [Exterior view](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3/exterior-view-rc20fdd0313ea64>)
- [Justice](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3/justice-r6efc50b79ff06f>)
- [Liberty](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3/liberty-r80eec91d157f41>)
- [Man with a Hat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3/man-with-a-hat-rb5fd41de457ce2>)
- [Organfront](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3/organfront-rc49e9678805741>)
- [Tomb of William the Silent](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3/tomb-of-william-the-silent-r1bc41fb960e862>)
- [Tomb of William the Silent](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/keyser-hendrick-de-r34b0cb4af447a3/tomb-of-william-the-silent-rdfbc6ab926247a>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)