# Portrait of M.J.B.J. (Joannes) Beuns

- By: Louis Royer (Mechelen, 1793–1868)
- Date: 1850 - 1852
- Medium: marble (rock)
- Classification: bust
- Dimensions: height 65 cm
- Credit line: Gift of C.J.A.M. Merkelbach van Enkhuizen, Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-2021-100--0cf432c0a381beb9ea6446600eb1dcaa)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/gJgiY/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)

The Fleming Joannes Beuns was a merchant in hides in Amsterdam and regent of ‘Brentano’s Steun des Ouderdoms,’ a Catholic old men’s home. This posthumous portrait of him was made by Louis Royer, the leading sculptor in the Netherlands at the time. That Beuns nevertheless makes a lively impression is due to the fact that his head is gently tipped up and turned to the side.