Joos van Craesbeeck: the Young Alchemist

[Paul Ferguson]

Joos van Craesbeeck (c. 1605/06 – c. 1660) was a Flemish baker and a painter who played an important role in the development of Flemish genre painting in the mid-17th century through his tavern scenes and dissolute portraits. His genre scenes depict low-life figures as well as scenes of middle-class people. He created a few religiously themed compositions.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joos_van_Craesbeeck

https://www.sphinxfineart.com/artistdeta...craesbeeck

[Paul Ferguson]

This is only attributed to Van Craesbeeck, so may not be his work.
He was a genre painter not a portraitist, but I wonder if this was a real person and, if so, what became of him. Aristocratically dressed, but few other clues.