Portrait of a Man
This painting is a portrait of a man from the chest upwards, his body and head turned slightly to the left. The man has pale skin, blue eyes, high cheekbones, slightly furrowed brows, a straight nose, and pink lips in a neutral expression. He has shoulder-length wavy brown hair and wears a dark green jacket with a white-and-yellow fur collar and a floppy black hat with a brim that curves around his forehead. The background is plain black. A monogram is visible in the top left corner, and the date "1507" is inscribed in the top right corner.
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- oil on panel
- Dimensions
- overall: 39.8 x 32.3 cm (15 11/16 x 12 11/16 in.) framed: 54 x 47 x 4.4 cm (21 1/4 x 18 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)
- Department
- CNE-R
- Holding institution
- National Gallery of Art
- Image provider
- national-gallery-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Art Genome Taxonomy
9 tags
Subject Matter
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Individual Portrait Both · 99%
The title identifies the work as a portrait of a man, and the image shows one male sitter presented from the chest upward.
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Face Visual · 98%
The sitter’s face is the central visual focus, with detailed modeling of the eyes, nose, cheeks, mouth, and surrounding hair.
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Text Both · 99%
A monogram-like mark is visible at the upper left and the numerals “1507” appear at the upper right, as also recorded in the catalog description.
Visual Qualities
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Dark Colors Visual · 98%
The composition is dominated by a very dark background, black hat, and dark garment, contrasted with the illuminated face and pale collar.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 93%
Fine, sustained detail is visible in the sitter’s facial features, wavy hair, hat, and fur-like collar.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Both · 99%
The object is cataloged as a painting, and the image visibly shows a painted, modeled surface.
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Oil Painting Metadata · 99%
The canonical medium is specified as oil on panel.
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Oil on Panel Metadata · 99%
The canonical medium explicitly identifies a panel support.
Time Periods
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16th Century Art Metadata · 97%
The work is dated c. 1507, placing it in the sixteenth century.
Source & rights
Hans Leonard Schäufelein. Portrait of a Man. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.