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Portrait of a Man (Hans Memling)

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Portrait of a Man
ArtistHans Memling Edit this on Wikidata
Yearc.1470
Mediumoil paint, panel
MovementEarly Netherlandish painting Edit this on Wikidata
Dimensions33.3 cm (13.1 in) × 23.2 cm (9.1 in)
LocationFrick Collection
Accession No.1968.1.169 Edit this on Wikidata
IdentifiersRKDimages ID: 111978

Portrait of a Man (Dutch: Portret van een man) is a circa 1470 oil on panel painting by Hans Memling. It is now in the Frick Collection in New York, which it entered in 1968 via the Duveen art dealership.

It was first identified and published as a Memling in 1937. At the time it was in the collection of Joseph baron van der Elst (1896-1971) in Vienna and then in his castle at Oostkerke.

Sources

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  • Till-Holger Borchert, De portretten van Memling (tentoonstelling Brugge 2005), Ludion, 2005 (nummer 2), p. 152.