Portrait of a Man

Inscriptions

Inscribed upper left: JANMijtens (on tree)

Publications

“Pictures Bring Best Prices in Stillwell Sale,” The Art News 26, no. 10 (December 10, 1927), p. 12. The Art Insitute of Chicago, Annual Report 1986-1987 (Chicago, 1987), p. 56. Alexandra Nina Bauer, Jan Mijtens (1613/14-1670): Leben und Werk eines Haager Porträtmalers, Petersberg, 2006, p. 169, no. A 14, fig. 14.

Quick Overview

Artist: Jan Mijtens (Dutch, c. 1614-1670)
Date: c. 1665
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 104.8 × 84.1 cm (41 1/4 × 33 1/8 in.); Framed: 122 × 102.9 × 5.1 cm (48 × 40 1/2 × 2 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: oil on canvas
Style: 17th Century
Place: Holland
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Gift of Ronald Fritz
Accession no.: 1986.1367

Provenance

Van Tuyll van Serooskerken, Middelburg, The Netherlands, until 1895 [according to the catalogue of the Stillwell sale, 1927, in which the family name is given as Serkerken]; Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1895 [according to the 1927 Stillwell sale catalogue]; Dr. John E. Stillwell, New York, from 1895; sold, Anderson Galleries, New York, December 1, 1927, lot 222 to Seidlitz and van Baarn for $1, 000 [according to Art News, December 10, 1927, p. 12]. Ronald Fritz, Cragsmoor, New York; given to the Art Institute, 1986.

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.