# Portrait of a Man with a Shell

- By: Thomas de Keyser (Dutch, Amsterdam (?) 1596/97–1667 Amsterdam)
- Date: ca. 1625–26
- Medium: Oil on wood
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: 9 3/8 x 6 3/4 in. (23.8 x 17.1 cm)
- Culture: Dutch
- Credit line: From the Collection of Rita and Frits Markus, Bequest of Rita Markus, 2005
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438377)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/ep/web-large/DP120416.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)