Willem de Famars Testas, Dutch
“I Swear That Wasn’t Me. It Was the Chair,” 1885
Watercolor on paper
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Info, and perhaps links that point to more info, about this artist can be found here (Google translated), and in the 11 pages starting here, perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page (Google translated Dutch Wikipedia page has more).
/// If you pose for them, painters will claim
that your portrait enhances your fame.
Henri Hymans, art scholar,
never suffered in squalor.
He worked hard yet I don’t know his name.
/// He looks nervous or somewhat dismayed,
and so pale, like he’s always in shade.
In some dark Art Museum
where nobody can see him
he hid out ‘til portrayed. (So clichéd!)
/// Henri sits in an odd shifty pose,
his pince-nez now removed from his nose.
We can see that he’s married,
(wears a ring and looks harried),
but a scholar can’t model like pros.