1527
oil
panel
From the collection of Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Dominant colour
Side wings of the Norfolk Triptych: portraits of donors is a 1527 oil by Jan Gossaert, a Northern Renaissance work, held at Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
This painting is a diptych, featuring two side-by-side portraits. The left portrait shows a man with dark hair, wearing a dark jacket over a white shirt. He sits at a table with a book, his hands clasped together in front of him. The right portrait depicts a woman with a white head covering and a dark dress with red trim. She also sits at a table with a book, her hands folded in prayer. The portraits are set against a dark background, with the subjects' faces and clothing rendered in detail. The overall effect is one of solemnity and contemplation. To learn more about the artist behind this work, look up Jan Gossaert.
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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