# Portrait of Constantijn Huygens

- By: Jan Lievens (Leiden, 1607–1674)
- Date: c. 1628 - c. 1629
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: support: height 100.2 cm x width 84.5 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Musée de la Chartreuse
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-1467--47a6946b09ce40a8b5a3438bfce40945)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/kOMLD/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)

Constantijn Huygens was secretary to Stadtholder Frederick Henry and a notable connoisseur. In his autobiography, he described how this painting was executed. Lievens painted the portrait in two stages, first the clothing and the hands, and then the face. This explains why the scale is a bit off: the head is too small in relation to the body.