Portrait of a Man | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1956.171
People: Follower of Jan Gossaert, Netherlandish (1473 - 1532)
Title: Portrait of a Man
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: 15th-16th century
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture: Netherlandish
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/228487

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: sight: 45.72 x 31.12 cm (18 x 12 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: J. van Arend, Brussels, 1920.
Mrs. Philip Lydig, 1920, 1929. Mentioned in catalogue for 1920 exhibition at San Francisco Museum of Art.
Mr. Arthur Sachs, 1946, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1956.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Arthur Sachs
Accession Year: 1956
Object Number: 1956.171
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Charles Werner Haxthausen, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Abbeville Press (New York, NY, 1980), p. 50, repr.
Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)

Exhibition History

Northern European Art from 1450 to 1550, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/13/1994 - 02/05/1995

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1956.171: Portrait of a Man