Portrait of a Man (c. 1450): Art, History and Details

Portrait of a Man (c. 1450) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Prominent art historians still debate the identity of the artist and the original function of this painting. First attributed to the Neapolitan artist Colantonio (active 1440-1460) and also to the Flemish painter Berthélemy d'Eyck--known as the Master of the Aix Annunciation (active 1440-1470)--the painting is now more likely considered a product of the Provençal school. Undoubtedly it exemplifies the stylistic influences of the Netherlands, Provence, and Italy in the 1400s. The subject may be either a physician or an Old Testament prophet from an altarpiece.

Object facts

• Title: Portrait of a Man
• Date: c. 1450
• Culture: France, Provence, 15th century
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on wood
• Dimensions: Framed: 73 x 58.4 x 8.3 cm (28 3/4 x 23 x 3 1/4 in.); Unframed: 59.9 x 45.5 cm (23 9/16 x 17 15/16 in.)
• Collection: MED - Medieval Art
• Department: Medieval Art
• Accession number: 1916.811

Collection credit

Holden Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Rubinstein-Bloch, Stella. Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings, Etc. Presented by Mrs. Liberty E. Holden to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1917.
• G. U. "The Holden Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 4, no. 2 (1917): 19-34.
• H. S. F. “A Picture Newly Attributed to Colantonio.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 19, no. 3 (March 1932): 33, 35–37.

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