Shown from the shoulders up, a bearded man with wrinkles lining his pale-skinned face looks up and to our left, toward a bright light source, in this vertical portrait painting. His shoulders are angled to our left, and he tips his head slightly back so his face turns toward us. He looks up from the corners of his gray eyes under bushy brows. A soft gray cap, pushed back high over the crown of his head, frames his face over a few tuffs of charcoal-gray hair on his high forehead. His brows are furrowed and his hollow cheeks ruddy. He has a silvery gray mustache, and his long, full beard falls…
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Bearded Man with a Beret

painter Jan Lievens (Dutch, 1607 - 1674)

c. 1630

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 53.5 x 46.3 cm (21 1/16 x 18 1/4 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Gift of George M. and Linda H. Kaufman
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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