# Portrait of a Man

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## Artwork

- Artist: [OOST, Jacob van, the Younger](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/oost-jacob-van-the-younger-r42c68a527e29a4>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 73 x 59 cm

## Commentary

Jacob van Oost the Younger was the son of Jacob the Elder \(1603-1671\). He continued in his father&#39;s footsteps, albeit in a somewhat more diffuse style, in which suggestive use is made of flakily smeared brushstrokes. His lifelike Portrait of a Man is a good example of his painting style. He produced most of his work in Lille. The painting is signed and dated on the rear: J. Van Oost als vrient 1697 \(J. Van Oost as a friend 1697\).

## Related artworks

- [Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/oost-jacob-van-the-younger-r42c68a527e29a4/christ-and-the-samaritan-woman-at-the-well-r4fa53a7384311d>)
- [Portrait of a Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/oost-jacob-van-the-younger-r42c68a527e29a4/portrait-of-a-man-r2b8c7682d6b043>)
- [St Macarius of Ghent Giving Aid to the Plague Victims](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/oost-jacob-van-the-younger-r42c68a527e29a4/st-macarius-of-ghent-giving-aid-to-the-plague-victims-r9208703228a56e>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)