Artwork
Portrait of Pompeius Occo
Portrait of Pompeius Occo is an oil painting by the Northern Renaissance artist Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen. It dates from 1515 and is held in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
The painting presents him in a three-quarter view against a dark, unobtrusive ground, emphasizing his individual features and status.
The sitter is Pompeius Occo, a Dutch humanist and diplomat in the service of Margaret of Austria. The painting presents him in a three-quarter view against a dark, unobtrusive ground, emphasizing his individual features and status.
The panel’s narrow format and the figure’s sober attire suggest a commemorative portrait rather than a devotional image. Occo’s presence as the sole subject indicates the work’s purpose: to record his likeness and standing within the Burgundian-Habsburg cultural milieu of the early sixteenth century.
History & Provenance
The Portrait of Pompeius Occo is an oil painting on panel created by Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen in 1515. This work, which depicts the merchant Pompeius Occo alongside Saint Sebastian, was executed during the early sixteenth century. The painting is currently held in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
The Portrait of Pompeius Occo is held in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, where it is housed as an oil-on-panel painting dating to 1515. The work's location at that institution is confirmed in its cataloguing data, which records the painting alongside its dimensions and subject identification.
No specific inventory or accession number is recorded in the available sources, and no exhibition history is documented for the work beyond its presence in the museum's holdings.
Overview
The Portrait of Pompeius Occo is a 1515 oil painting by Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen, a prominent artist in early 16th-century Amsterdam.
Technique & Style
The work showcases rich colors and intricate patterns in the subjects' clothing, demonstrating the artist's skill. The use of oil paint allows for detailed rendering of textures and garments.
Artist & collection
Artist
Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen
Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (before 1470 – 1533) was a Northern Netherlandish designer of woodcuts and painter.
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