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ID number: BIRBI-43.5 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Circle of Anthonis Mor van Dashorst (about 1516/19 – 1575/76) Title / Object name: Portrait of an unknown ecclesiastic Object type: Painting Place made: Probably Antwerp Culture: Early Netherlandish Date made: 1540s Materials: Oil on wood Measurements: 66.3 x 51 cm (unframed) 91.5 x 75.1 x 8.5 cm (framed) Provenance: Hon. Mrs Gillet, Thornbury House; Agnew's Auction House; purchased from Agnew's in 1943 for £4,800. |
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The sitter in this fine portrait is identified as a member of the senior clergy by his costume: the rochet with narrow pleats and fur almuce on his left arm indicate he may have been a prelate or bishop. The panel has been cut down slightly at the top and bottom. Technical analysis has also revealed that the position of both hands has been changed – originally the right hand held the book – and these may have been painted by a different artist. The book, with its gold or gilded clasp, is presumably for devotional use, perhaps a book of hours or Bible. Notes: Exhibited: Thomas Agnew's Galleries, 'Thirty-five Masterpiecesof European Painting', London, 1946 (no.2), as 'The Chancellor Jean Carondelet' by Quinten Matsys. |
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1 Related People | |
| Massys, Quentin Early Netherlandish 1465/6 1530 | |
2 Related Publications | |
| Early Netherlandish painting Friedländer, M. J. 1971 | |
| Gazette des Beaux-Arts Sewter, A. C. Gazette des Beaux-Arts 1948 | |
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