id:			139730
accession number:	1963.503
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.503
updated:		2023-03-20 14:14:16.844000

Portrait of a Man, c. 1480–1500. Northeastern France or the Burgundian Netherlands, 15th century. Oil on wood; framed: 52.5 x 38 x 5 cm (20 11/16 x 14 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.); unframed: 42.5 x 27.6 cm (16 3/4 x 10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1963.503

title:				Portrait of a Man
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creation date:			c. 1480–1500
creation date earliest:		1480
creation date latest:		1500
current location:		113 French Tapestries & Illuminated Manuscripts
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Northeastern France or the Burgundian Netherlands, 15th century
technique:	oil on wood
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Medieval Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Framed: 52.5 x 38 x 5 cm (20 11/16 x 14 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.); Unframed: 42.5 x 27.6 cm (16 3/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1963)
	opening date:   1963-11-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1963)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).

	title:		Treasures of Medieval France
	opening date:   1966-11-16T05:00:00
	<i>Treasures of Medieval France</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1966-January 29, 1967).

	title:		Portraiture: The Image of the Individual
	opening date:   1983-11-22T05:00:00
	<i>Portraiture: The Image of the Individual</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Frederick Mont, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1963
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1963-
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fun fact:
The man pictured here didn't accidentally rip his coat, he is actually sporting highly fashionable slashed sleeves. Decorative openings in the sleeves of garments, revealing the rich fabric underneath, were all the rage in 15th-century society.

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wall description:
Although the subject of this portrait wears rich clothing and a sword, nothing specifically associates him with aristocracy. Instead he may have been a wealthy member of the middle class. During the 1400s, portraiture became increasingly popular with prosperous merchants and tradesmen who imitated the portraits commissioned by the dukes of Burgundy and members of their court. The artist is equally mysterious and unidentified. The highly refined technique of oil painting suggests a familiarity with Netherlandish art, and the dark palette and clothing allude to Burgundian portraiture. However, the clothing and facial type relate more to French traditions. The artist may have hailed from France or the Low Countries, a region with a long artistic association with the Valois dukes of Burgundy who ruled the Netherlands in the late 1300s and 1400s.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review for 1963.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 50, no. 10 (1963).
	page number: 	cat. no. 106, p. 261
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151974

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 73
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n97

	Wixom, William D. <em>Treasures from Medieval France. </em>[Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967.
	page number: 	no. vii 21, p. 334-5
	url:		https://archive.org/details/TreasuresMedievalFrance/page/n361

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 73
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n97

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 1. European Paintings before 1500. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 6, p. 16 -17
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 82
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n102

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