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Portrait of a Man
| Date | 1430's |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on canvas |
| Size（cm） | 33 x 21.5 |
| Inscriptions | Inscribed on back of panel: the coat of arms and the entwined initials E and S (imitation) |
| Credit Line | Purchased |
| Standard ref. | Davies p. 231, pls. 101-102 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1978-0007 |
Provenance
Earl of Malmesbery, Hunt Court, Chiristchurch (Hants); sale, Christie's, London, 3 November 1950, lot 14; private collection, England; Wildenstein, New York; purchased by the NMWA.
Bibliography
- 1950
- Illustrated London News. vol. 217, 18. 11. 1950, repr. p. 826.
- 1950
- Bricoleur. Sale room notes & prices. Apollo. vol. 52, December 1950, p. 189, fig. 1.
- 1951
- Beenken, Hermann. Rogier van der Weyden. München, F. Bruckmann, 1951, p. 106, fig. 114.
- 1966
- Panofsky, Erwin. Early Netherlandish Painting: Its Origins and Character. vol. 1, Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard University Press, 1966, p. 478, note 292 (5).
- 1972
- Davies, Martin. Rogier van der Weyden: An Essay with a Critical Catalogue of Paintings Assigned to Him and to Robert Campin. London, 1972, p. 231, pls. 101-102.
- 1972
- Schabacker, Peter. H. Review of "Martin Davies' Rogier van der Weyden". Art Quarterly. vol. 35, no. 4, 1972, p. 424.
- 1974
- Bruyn, J. A new monograph on Rogier. The Burlington Magazine. vol. 116, no. 858, September 1974, p. 541.
- 1979
- The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Catalogue of paintings. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1979, no. 272, repr.
- 1980
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 13 (1978), 1980, Koshi, Koichi. New Acquisitions (Painting). pp. 4-7, New Acquisitions (Catalogue). pp. 28-29, col. repr.
- 1980
- Gazette des Beaux-Arts. tome 95, Mar. 1980, "Chronique des Arts", p. 62, no. 326, repr.
- 1991
- Kobayashi-Sato, Yoriko. Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings in Japan II. Annual Report Bridgestone Museum of Art & Ishibashi Museum of Art. no. 38 (1989), 1991, p. 31, no. 42, repr.
- 1998
- Kofuku, Akira; Motoki, Koichi; Kawaguchi, Kimio; Kanba, Nobuyuki. Special issue: 《Portrait of a Man》 from the collection of the earl of Malmesbury and presently in the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Journal of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. No. 2, 1998, pp. 4-52, repr.
- 2006
- Kawaguchi, Kimio. Conservation treatment of a work by the school of van der Weyden: Concept and results. Journal of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. No. 10, 2006, pp. 79-90, repr.
- 2013
- Masterpieces: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Tokyo, The Western Art Foundation, 2013 (Japanese, preface in Japanese and English), no. 4, col. repr.
- 2018
- Kofuku, Akira. Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Paintings, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. [Tokyo], The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo; The Western Art Foundation, 2018, pp. 17-25, no. 1, col. repr.