Hals was a contemporary Dutch Golden Age master who painted intimate male portraits with loose expressive brushwork and psychological immediacy, qualities that directly parallel Rembrandt's portrait of Titus. His handling of textured clothing, warm flesh tones, and characterful headwear in works like Boy with a Skull closely mirrors the emotional directness and painterly technique seen here.

Lievens was a close associate and early collaborator of Rembrandt who shared his deep use of chiaroscuro, richly rendered fabrics, and intimate psychological portraiture of young subjects in Dutch Baroque oil painting. His portraits of young men in period dress with warm directional lighting are virtually the closest stylistic parallels to this specific portrait of Titus.

As a direct pupil of Rembrandt, Fabritius absorbed the master's intimate portraiture style, warm tonal palette, and psychologically nuanced approach to depicting individual subjects with softly rendered costume details. His surviving portraits demonstrate the same emotional warmth and loose brushwork that make the portrait of Titus so distinctive.