The Man in the Chair is an oil on canvas painting by Belgian painter Henri de Braekeleer.

The Brouwershuis, or Waterhuis, in Antwerp is a building dating from 1554, built by order and according to plans by Gilbert van Schoonbeke.

[6][7][8] Henri Leys, uncle and teacher of De Braekeleer, introduced the artist to this place.

Yet there is poetry in the work because of the artist's tireless concentration and subtle sensitivity to the various shapes of light and his use of colorite and various elements.

[1] The old man, sitting on his throne, looking straight at us, might represent a tangent memento mori; highlighting the past glory of the Brouwershuis, its collapse, and eventual desertion.