Portrait of a Man (Hans Memling)

Portrait of a Man is a circa 1470 oil on panel painting by Hans Memling. It is now in the Frick Collection in New York, which it entered in 1968 via the Duveen art dealership.

Portrait of a Man
Yearc.1470
Dimensions33.3 cm (13.1 in) × 23.2 cm (9.1 in)
LocationFrick Collection
Accession No.1968.1.169 

It was first identified and published as a Memling in 1937. At the time it was in the collection of Joseph baron van der Elst (1896-1971) in Vienna and then in his castle at Oostkerke.

Sources

  • Till-Holger Borchert, De portretten van Memling (tentoonstelling Brugge 2005), Ludion, 2005 (nummer 2), p. 152.
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