A much repainted bust-length portrait of an unidentified sitter. It has been attributed to Clouet & to Corneille de Lyon, both 16th-century artists, but the condition of the panel, which is badly rubbed, precludes a firm attribution. ...

The painting is dated 1462 in the simulated carved inscription in the background. It is the earliest dated painting by Bouts & the earliest surviving dated Netherlandish portrait to include a view through a window, although such views were included in Netherlandish paintings with religious subjects. It has been suggested that the sitter's plain style of clothing is connected with the University of Louvain, whose statutes of the time suggest that students dress in 'clerical' garments. Jan van Winckele was made Notary to the Conservator of the Privileges of the University in 1462 & the portrait may have been painted to commemorate this occasion. ...

Several identifications have been proposed but none is entirely satisfactory. A version of the painting in the Uffizi is claimed to represent the poet Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1670
- 1741). The costume, which seems unusually elaborate, accords for the most
...

The words 'Léal Souvenir' (Loyal Remembrance) are painted on the parapet as though carved into the stone. They may mean that the portrait is an accurate likeness or, conceivably, that it was a posthumous, commemorative likeness. The sitter has not been identified; he is not grandly dressed & is unlikely to be an aristocrat or a cleric. The inscription in Greek letters has been read as ' Tymotheus' (Timothy), but it seems to be a transliteration into Greek script of two words in Latin, 'tum otheos' meaning ' Then God'. What this signifies is not clear. The reverse of the picture is painted in imitation of marble. The translation of the inscription along the bottom of the parapet reads ' Done in the year of Our Lord 1432 on the 10th day of October by Jan van Eyck'. ...

The identification of the sitter, Paul, Sire d' Andouins, Vicomte de Louvigny (1520?
- 1562), is based on what seems to be
...

The portrait of a man was once thought to be a portrait of Sir William Boxall, RA (1800
- 1879), Director of the Gallery. It
...

This portrait was formerly attributed to the Amsterdam painter Thomas de Keyser. It is not of sufficient quality to be by him but may be a copy after one of his works by an unknown painter working in Amsterdam in the 1640s. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Giovanni Battista Moroni’s Portrait of a Man holding a Letter ('L' Avvocato') from our collection. About this painting Portrait of a Man holding a Letter ('L' Avvocato'), about 1570 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1865 With our custom print service, you can order your own fully customised reproduction from the National Gallery Collection & exhibitions. Choose your own size, print material & frames & have your masterpiece delivered straight to your door. ...

With one arm akimbo & one hand firmly holding a pair of gloves, the man in the picture confidently confronts the viewer. The flat planes which describe the head & the bold strokes of the heavily loaded brush emphasise the energetic character of the si ...

This is a half-length portrait of an unidentified sitter in an oval surround. It was formerly attributed to Caspar Netscher, but is now recognised as a work by Maes, who painted a number of portraits of this type in his later years. There is another portr ...