Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery
Hans Holbein the Younger · 1532–35 · Oil and gold on parchment, laid down on linden
Public domain
Marked public domain by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
How this license was checked
met:isPublicDomain=true
About this picture
Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery is a public-domain painting by Hans Holbein the Younger, dated 1532–35. Oil and gold on parchment, laid down on linden. The file comes from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
“Portrait of a Man in Royal Livery” (1532–35) records a face and a costume with very little flattery, which is how Holbein painted the Tudor court.
About the artist
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497–1543) was a German painter who became portraitist to Henry VIII. The drawings and paintings record costume and face with very little flattery.
Each file is included because the source archive marks it public domain or CC0. That is the archive’s statement, not a guarantee. Check the source record for your own use, especially outside the United States.