Focus on this artwork and analyze the History.
The work was executed by Dürer during his stay in the Netherlands 1520–1521,  using an aged local man as model. A preparatory drawing exists in the Albertina of Vienna with an annotation of the man's age (93).
The artist donated the painting to the head of the Portuguese trade mission in the Netherlands, Rodrigo Fernandes de Almada. It remained in the latter's family collection until 1880, when it was donated to the current museum.
Albertina Vienna