About this artwork

This elegant lady and gentleman are portrayed outside on a terrace with gardens beyond. Their poses, gesture and appearance suggest they may be an engaged or newly wed couple. Both are fashionably dressed. The dog was a traditional symbol of fidelity and the man’s gesture implies his heart is pledged to the young woman by his side.

Updated before 2020

  • artist:
    Pieter Nason (1612 - 1688/90) Dutch
  • title:
    Portrait of a Couple
  • date created:
    Possibly 1650s
  • materials:
    Oil on canvas
  • measurements:
    135.00 x 147.30 cm; Framed: 163.50 x 174.80 x 11.00 cm
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    Purchased by the Royal Institution 1840; transferred to the National Gallery of Scotland 1859
  • accession number:
    NG 117
  • gallery:
  • subject:
  • artwork photographed by:
    Antonia Reeve
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Pieter Nason

Pieter Nason