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Portrait of a Man
Also titled Portret van een man
Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp, 1599–1641)
c. 1620
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- outer size: depth 10 cm (support incl. frame)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Anthony van Dyck was one of the most celebrated portraitists of his time. His portraits flattered his patrons. Moreover, as in this one, he imbued them with aristocratic allure and an elegant, studied carelessness. The latter impression is reinforced by his loose painting style. Unfortunately, we do not know who the sitter is, but Van Dyck brings us face to face with a real-life human being.
