Portrait of an Unknown Man, Portrait of an unknown man sitting in three-quarter view. He wears a beret and looks off into the distance as he holds a letter in his right hand. He sits in what appears to be the ruins of an interior brick space. A landscape is evident in the far right background.

 Item — Box: 262
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s36-i0574

Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0546; Public Notes: Our photograph attributes the Kunsthistorischen Museum in Vienna as the current repository. However, this painting could not be found on their website.

Dates

  • Creation: 1930 - 1967

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Biographical / Historical

Subjects: Portraits; Hats; Letters; School: Flemish; Style period: Renaissance; Technique: painting (technique); Work type: paintings

Full Extent

1 Items : Image Work Type: photographic print ; Image height (in.): 7.2; Image width (in.): 6.2in.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Description

Medium: oil paint; Physical condition: mounted; Print type: black and white; Support:

General

Artist Status: Attributed

Source

Repository Details

Part of the Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives Repository

Contact:
Special Collections Library
1101 19th Ave. S.
Nashville TN 37212 United States

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