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Guillaume de Montmorency

Unknown

1520

oil

panel

From the collection of Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon

Northern Renaissance Renaissance Portrait

Dominant colour

Guillaume de Montmorency is a 1520 oil by Unknown, a Northern Renaissance work, held at Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.

Who painted this?: Unknown
When & what style?: 1520 · Northern Renaissance
Where can I see it?: Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon

About this work

This painting is a portrait of a man dressed in a black coat with red lining and a black hat. He wears a gold necklace with a pendant and holds a white cloth in his left hand. The man's attire and jewelry suggest he is a person of high status. The artist has used oil paint to create the image, which is characteristic of paintings from this time period.