Keywords: Derich Berck, by Hans Holbein.jpg Artwork Creator Hans Holbein d J en Berck from Cologne was one of the Hanseatic merchants of the Steelyard whom Holbein portrayed during his second stay in England According to Holbein's biographer Derek Wilson The striking similarity with Titian's Gentleman in Blue 1511 has often been commented on and Holbein must have based his composition on that of the Venetian master Derek Wilson Hans Holbein Portrait of an Unknown Man London Pimlico 2006 ISBN 1844139182 p 184 1536 oil canvas transferred from wood cm 53 3 42 5 institution Metropolitan Museum of Art Gallery 628 object history credit line The Jules Bache Collection 1949 accession number 49 7 29 49 7 29 PD-old-100-1923 Male portraits by Hans Holbein der Jüngere Berck Derick German paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Portraits of Steelyard merchants Berck Derick Front view portrait paintings of males 1536 oil on canvas paintings in the United States Portrait paintings with blue background 1530s portrait paintings Green curtains in art Portrait paintings of bearded men 16th-century portrait paintings in the United States Males with black headwear in art Paintings with years of production artist Derick Berck |