Joos Van Cleve
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Portrait of a Man, Portrait of a young man wearing a tricorne hat. He stands in three-quarter view with his hands at his waist, his left hand resting on the sheath of his sword. He looks out toward the viewer with a blank stare. He has a cleft chin., c.1500-1550
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0507; Public Notes: This painting once belonged to the Sedelmeyer Collection as indicated in our photograph. This painting was once wrongly attributed to Jan Mostaert.
Portrait of a Man, Portrait of an unknown man wearing a hat, a fur vest, and a ring on his left hand. The sitter is depicted from the waist up and is turned to the right. He looks at something outside of the picture plan., 1500-1550
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0490; Public Notes: This painting was sold at the Hotel Drouot on November 23, 1927 (lot #6).
Portrait of an Unknown Man, Portrait of an unknown man turned in three-quarter view. He wears a black hat, a fur collar, and a ring bearing either the Van Cleve or the Desmidt family coat of arms., 1520
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0489; Public Notes: This portrait is the pendant painting to Van Cleve's "Portrait of an Unknown Woman" now framed with our painting at the Uffizi gallery. It has been speculated that this diptych is actually the marriage portrait for the artist himself. The photographer's mark is in the bottom left corner of the photograph.
The Penitent Jerome in his Study, This painting depicts St. Jerome in his study. He holds a rock in his hand as is customary of the saint. On his desk sits a skull (another common attribute of the saint), a letter and a candlestick. An open book sits behind the saint to his right. In the background is an open window revealing a city. Unlike most depictions of Saint Jerome, here we see the saint with a short beard., 1520-1540
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0484; Public Notes: This painting was once wrongly attributed to Quentin Metsys.
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