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Portrait of a Man
Artist	Maarten van Heemskerck
Year	16th century
Type	oil painting
Dimensions	69 cm × 52 cm (29.5 in × 20+4⁄7 in)
Location	Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

Portrait of a Man is an oil painting attributed to the Dutch painter Maarten van Heemskerck. The painting is kept in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, in Antwerp.

Painting

The man is depicted half-length, with his arms resting on a table edge, looking at the viewer head-on.

He is dressed in a sober black cloth suit. The man wears a close-fitting jerkin and a high, closed collar. Underneath, a white shirt with a frown collar is visible. The man also wears a beret.

His expression seems serious, but not quite so. The fact that the man is holding, not wearing, his gloves, which are worn when meeting important people and taken off as a gesture of courtesy and respect, enhance the man's friendliness. By holding his gloves, the man shows both respect and that he wants to be respected.

References

1. "Maarten van Heemskerck. Portret van een man".
2. ^ "Vlaamse Primitieven". Vlaamse Primitieven. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
3. ^ "Portret van een man". Flemish Art Collection. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

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