Rijksmuseum

Portrait of a Man, Probably from the Pauw Family

Date

1625

Medium

panel, oil paint (paint)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

This is an archetypal image of an affluent Dutch citizen at the beginning of the 17th century: confident – even a touch pompous – and fashionably dressed, but without undue excess. Although the sitter’s identity is unknown, he was probably a member of the fabulously wealthy Pauw family of Amsterdam merchants. The picture is still in its original black painted and parcel-gilt oak frame.

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