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- Reference number
- P01488
- Author
- Dyck, Anton van (Flemish),
- Title
- Portrait of a Man
- Chronology
- 1628-1632
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 112 cm x 100 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
This more than half-length portrait
of a man with a slit suit, a cape
on his shoulder and a lace collar
presents him in proud fashion,
ostensibly with the sword that
defines him as a nobleman. He was
traditionally though to be the
engraver, Paul du Pont, known as
Paulus Pontius, because of their
similar appearance, but the
presence of a sword casts doubt on
that identification.
This work belongs to the painter's
second period in his native city.
The frontal placement of the model
and the bizarre scorzo of his left
hand mark this forceful image. The
expressiveness of his gestures
belongs to the courtly rhetoric
characteristic of many of this
artist's portraits, and the
position of one hand on his hip and
the other in scorzo are habitual
solutions.
In 1745, this portrait appeared in
the collection of the Duke of Arco.
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