Single portrait of an unknown pilgrim

General information
Original location Unknown
Current location Detroit, Institute of Arts Museum, inv. no. 73.5
Provenance Private collections, acquired by the DIA in 1972
Artist Jan van Scorel (based on style)
Date 1530-1540
Material Oil on arched masonite panel (transferred from wood)
Dimensions With frame: 92,7 x 84,8 cm
without frame: 64,1 x 43,5 cm
Visual elements
Short description Portrait of a man with a hat, half-length, turned to the viewer's right. He carries a palm against his right shoulder. In the background a landscape with ruins.
Depicted pilgrim
Pilgrimages
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm
Additional information
Literature
  • Esmeijer, A.C., Jan van Scorel: catalogus van de tentoonstelling van zijn werken gehouden in het Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 3 Augustus-30 Oktober 1955 (Utrecht 1955), p. 53, no. 41
  • Friedländer, Max J., Early Netherlandish painting, 14 vols. (Leiden/Brussel 1967-1976), vol. 12, no. 360
  • Hoogewerff, G.J., Jan van Scorel, peintre de la Renaissance hollandaise (Den Haag 1923), p. 136
Description of the Detroit Institute of Arts Museum
Back to top
Disclaimer:
2012: web design by Charlotte Dikken and Bart Holterman (UU). This website was tested and works on Internet Explorer, Opera and Firefox and is best viewed on a fully maximized screen. Some of the features on this site use JavaScript.
This page was last updated on: .