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Jacob Backer

Portrait of a Man

ca. 1645–50
Black chalk, heightened with white, with touches of red chalk, on blue paper (recto); pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over black chalk (verso)
23.7 × 21.3 cm (9.3 × 8.4 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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