Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a fur coat

This painting is similar in style to the portraits of several artists working in the northern Netherlands during the first half of the sixteenth century: Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen, who was born in Haarlem and trained in Brussels but is primarily known for his portraits of members of the Habsburg court; Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen, who worked in Amsterdam and Antwerp and was the father of portrait painter Dirk Jacobsz; and Jan van Scorel, a pupil of Oostsanen in Amsterdam who traveled to Italy before settling in Utrecht. Together they established an international style of portraiture characterized by soft, almost imperceptible brushwork, a muted palette, and attention to naturalistic detail.