VERMEYEN, Jan Cornelisz.
(b. ca. 1500, Beverwijk, d. 1559, Bruxelles)

Portrait of an Older Man

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Wood, 79 x 66 cm
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna

This portrait shows the influence of Italian Mannerists' portrait style. Its characteristic feature is the rhetorical gesture, so that the hand appears to come out towards the viewer.




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