CHRISTUS, Petrus
(b. 1410/20, Baarle, d. 1475/76, Brugge)

Portrait of Edward Grimston

1446
Oil on wood, 33,6 x 24,7 cm
Earl of Verulam Collection, London

Christus's most personal works are his portraits, notably this portrait in which he abandons the dark backgrounds of van Eyck and van der Weyden and places his sitter in a clearly defined interior.