Shown from the chest up, a pale-skinned man wearing a ruffled collar and ornately decorated doublet looks at us from the corners of his eyes in this vertical portrait painting. His shoulders and face angle to our left, but he gazes steadily our way with bright blue eyes under low, thin brows. He has a straight nose with a rounded tip, and his coral-pink lips are closed under a faint suggestion of a mustache and perhaps a beard. His short brown hair is brushed back from his high forehead, and his white collar curls in figure eights high along his chin and up the back of his neck. His doublet…

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Portrait of a Nobleman

French 16th Century

c. 1570

Medium: oil on fir or pine
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: original panel: 31.2 x 22.7 cm (12 5/16 x 8 15/16 in.) ; overall (with wooden shims): 32.4 x 23.6 cm (12 3/4 x 9 5/16 in.) ; framed: 47.9 x 38.1 x 7.3 cm (18 7/8 x 15 x 2 7/8 in.)
Culture: French
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CNE-R
Credit line: Chester Dale Collection
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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