Portrait of a Man
Jan Baptist Weenix
c. 1650
Medium
Oil on copper
Dimensions
36.5 × 30.2 cm (14 3/8 × 11 7/8 in.); Framed: 61 × 54.9 × 3.8 cm (24 × 21 5/8 × 1 1/2 in.)
Classification
oil on copper
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
31176
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This fine portrait, a rare example on copper, demonstrates Jan Baptist Weenix’s subtle handling of his subject’s distinctive facial features. This work was likely commissioned at the same time as another similarly sized portrait of an older man, also on copper, now in a collection in Kingston, Ontario. While most pendant portraits of the period depicted men and women, paired portraits of men were produced as treasured tokens of friendship or kinship.