Portrait of a Man with a Watch 1657

This 1657 oil painting, "Portrait of a Man with a Watch," by Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen the Younger, depicts a man in a dark-colored, high-collared coat and a black cap, holding a watch in his right hand. The portrait, currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, exemplifies the Dutch Golden Age style of portraiture, with its focus on realism and attention to detail. The sitter's sober expression and the inclusion of a watch, a symbol of wealth and time, convey a sense of quiet dignity and status.