# Portrait of Rogier Le Witer

- By: Jacques Jordaens (Antwerp, 1593–1678)
- Date: 1635
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 152 cm x width 118.4 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery, the Stichting Nationaal Fonds Kunstbezit, the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the Mondriaan Stichting, the Ministerie van OCenW, the…
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-4971--6a5b2a97b4adb2c8ada7ae8df17c0849)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/KwHqX/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)

As Grand Almoner of Antwerp, the merchant Le Witer was responsible for collecting charitable gifts. On the corner of the table is an object referring to this function, an offering plate with the inscription ‘\[A\]lemos\[e\] 1623’, the year in which Le Witer took up this office. The small, fettered figurine indicates that the alms were intended for prisoners.