Portrait of a Man

Son of a cloth merchant, Govert Flinck began his training in the studio of the painter and preacher Lambert Jacobsz. in Leeuwarden, where he remained until 1633. There he met the painter Jacob Adrianesz. Backer whose influence has been detected in a series of early drawings by Flinck. According to the account by Houbraken, the two artists travelled together to Amsterdam to continue their studies i…