# A Portrait of a Man

- By: Jan de Bray (Dutch, c. 1627-1697)
- Date: 1650
- Medium: Black and red chalk on ivory laid paper
- Classification: Drawing and Watercolor
- Dimensions: 16.5 × 12.7 cm (6 1/2 × 5 in.)
- Culture: Netherlands
- Credit line: Margaret Day Blake Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/228931)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/f91a6b9d-8735-faa5-9b66-46fb3b13fe79/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Jan de Bray used finely pointed red and black chalk in alternation to describe the facial features of middle-aged residents of the city of Haarlem. He also captured the distinctive features of their clothing, such as buttons, pleats, seams, and the stiffly pressed lace of their elaborate collars.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0