Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery

1532–35

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil and gold on parchment, laid down on linden
Dimensions: Overall, with engaged frame, diameter 5 in. (12.7 cm); painted surface diameter 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Collection no.: 50.145.24
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Hans Holbein the Younger. Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery — Hans Holbein the Younger. 1532–35.

Medium: Oil and gold on parchment, laid down on linden. Dimensions: Overall, with engaged frame, diameter 5 in. (12.7 cm); painted surface diameter 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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