# Portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [EYCK, Jan van]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Oil on wood, 34,1 x 27,3 cm ## Commentary Niccolò Albergati, a Carthusian monk in Bologna, became the Bishop of Bologna in 1417 and Cardinal in 1426. In 1431 Pope Martin V sent him to Burgundy to mediate between the English King and the French King and Duke of Burgundy. Jan van Eyck was commissioned by Philip le Bon to paint the portrait of the Cardinal. During the short stay of the Cardinal van Eyck made only a few sketches, he executed the portrait later. ## Related artworks - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Diptych]() - [Last Judgment]() - [Madonna and Child at the Fountain]() - [Madonna in the Church \(detail\)]() - [Madonna in the Church]() - [Madonna with the Child Reading]() - [Man in a Turban \(detail\)]() - [Man in a Turban]() - [Portrait of a Goldsmith \(Man with Ring\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()