Portrait of a Man
About this artwork
Although currently not attributed, this portrait was clearly painted by a Netherlandish artist of considerable skill. On the basis of the dress, composition and execution, it can be dated to around 1520-25. It is stylistically very close to the work of Jan Gossaert (also known as Mabuse), but could possibly be an early painting by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen. The portrait has a particularly distinguished provenance. It was owned by the collector and writer Richard Payne Knight before 1800, and stayed in the family. Adam Elsheimer’s Il Contento was also in the same collection, before it entered the National Galleries of Scotland in 1970.
Updated before 2020
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artist:
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title:Portrait of a Man
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date created:About 1520 - 1525
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materials:Oil on panel
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measurements:Arched top: 60.70 x 45.50 cm; Framed: 72.20 x 57.00 x 6.40 cm
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credit line:Purchased with Art Fund support, 2005
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accession number:NG 2779
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Netherlandish School
Netherlandish School
If the identity of an artist who made a painting is not known, the work is often described as belonging to a national or regional school. This is because it appears to share stylistic characteristics with paintings by artists from that nation or region. So work that is similar in style to that...