POURBUS, Frans the Elder
(b. 1545, Bruges, d. 1581, Antwerpen)

Portrait of a Knight of the Order of Calatrava

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Oil on panel, 46 x 35 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The sitter of this portrait is a Knight of the Order of Calatrava, probably of the Sorias or Soreau (Sorel) lineage. He is dressed in a striped jerkin and bears a necklace with an Order.