Portrait of Jan Six is a 1654 oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn.

Having been handed down many generations, via the direct descendants of the portrait's subject, Jan Six, the work remains in the Six Collection in Amsterdam.

He stands, seen in full face, turned slightly to the left with his head bent over a little on the right shoulder, and looks straight out of the picture.

He wears a light grey coat with yellow buttons; over the left shoulder hangs a short bright red cloak with a collar and trimmings of gold lace.

Six himself: AonlDas qVI sVM tenerls VeneratVs ab annls TaLIs ego lanVs SIXIVs ora tVLI.

[3] Hofstede de Groot also mentioned this painting in his introduction as one of the six finest portraits made by Rembrandt:When Rembrandt had become one of the most famous painters of his century – as Orlers says as early as 1641 – and people had to stoop to entreaty if they would be painted by him, he could impose his own terms instead of having them dictated by others.

He could light his models in the way that seemed to him most beautiful; he could adorn them in the manner that he thought appropriate to their character, indicate to them the best pose to take, and determine the degree of finish in the execution.

Free from all external hindrances, he could then create; he no longer aimed at securing so exact a likeness of his sitter.