Portrait of a Man
Corneille de Lyon
c. 1536/1540
Medium
oil on walnut
Dimensions
overall: 16.5 x 14.3 cm (6 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.) framed: 41.9 x 28.3 cm (16 1/2 x 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CNE-R
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1965.8.1
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...