Portrait of a Bearded Man in Black
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
6 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (17.1 x 15.9 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of George D. Pratt, 1935
Accession Number
1978.301.6
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About this artwork
This paintings exemplifies the artistic traditions of its period. Created 1533–1575, it demonstrates the oil on wood technique characteristic of its era.
About the Artist
Corneille de Lyon · 1533–1575
Corneille de Lyon, born around 1500 in The Hague in the Netherlands, emerged as one of the premier portraitists of the French Renaissance after settling in Lyon by 1533. A Netherlandish artist who became naturalized as a French citizen in 1547, he quickly rose in prominence, serving as official painter to the Dauphin (later Henry II) from around 1540 and continuing under Henry II and Charles IX as...