# Portrait of Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

- Date: c. 1533
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: support: height 37.8 cm x width 29.4 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-1405--a4cb22ad2b3d04e3b84be97f1373363a)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/DLGpa/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Long accepted as the earliest known north Netherlandish self-portrait, this is probably a copy after a lost work. Such portraits illustrate the increasing status of artists. Jacob, whose traditional nickname means ‘son of Cornelis from Oostsanen’, looks directly at us. Behind him is a paper with the date 1533 and his monogram, I W (inverted) v A (‘J\[acob\] W\[ar\] v\[an\] A\[msterdam\]’).