Portret van een onbekende man 1866 - 1869

"Portret van een onbekende man" (Portrait of an Unknown Man) is a 19th-century carte-de-visite portrait photograph by Dutch photographer Veuve J. van Koningsveld. The image, created between 1866 and 1869, captures a man in a formal pose, wearing a suit and tie. The photograph's small size (100mm x 62mm) and its simple, direct composition are characteristic of the carte-de-visite format, which was popular for capturing portraits and documenting family history in the mid-19th century. This particular portrait, however, remains enigmatic, as the identity of the sitter remains unknown.