1510
oil
panel
From the collection of Kimbell Art Museum
Portrait of Hendrik III, Count of Nassau-Breda is a 1510 oil by Jan Gossaert, a Northern Renaissance work, held at Kimbell Art Museum.
This portrait depicts a man with short, brown hair and a serious expression. He wears a black hat adorned with a gold brooch, a brown and gold checkered shirt, and a dark brown jacket with gold buttons. A black ribbon with a gold pendant hangs around his neck. The man holds a rolled-up paper in his right hand, which rests on a table covered with an intricately patterned cloth. The background of the painting features a subtle, muted green color. The level of detail and realism in this painting suggests a high level of skill and technique. To learn more about the artist's use of light and shadow, explore the technique of chiaroscuro.
Jan Gossaert (c. 1478 – 1 October 1532) was a French-speaking painter from the Low Countries also known as Jan Mabuse (the name he adopted from his birthplace, Maubeuge) or Jennyn van Hennegouwe (Hainaut), as he called…
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