Single portrait of an unknown pilgrim

General information
Original location Unknown
Current location Unknown
Provenance Lucerne, art market (1928); Dieren, Katz Gallery, 1952 (see RKD link for more)
Artist Joos van Cleve (based on style)
Date ca. 1535
Visual elements
Short description Portrait of a man, displayed half length, facing the viewer.
Depicted pilgrim
Pilgrimages
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm in right hand; he can be seen to wear a necklace, which may possibly have carried a Jerusalem cross, but this was cut off from the painting
Additional information
General remarks
Literature
  • Friedländer, Max J., Early Netherlandish painting, 14 vols. (Leiden/Brussel 1967-1976) vol. IX, p.69, pl. 108
Description of the RKD
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