# Portrait of a Man

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GOSSART, Jan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gossart-jan-r3dc6e56b5e425a>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on oak panel, 47 x 35 cm

## Commentary

The tightly cropped composition showing the sitter turned to the left in a three-quarter pose against a dark background derives from the tradition of Bruges portraiture, especially that of Jan van Eyck and Hans Memling. All three artists portrayed their sitters as dignified yet aloof, always highly refined and elegant, e.g. Jan van Eyck&#39;s &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/e/eyck\_van/jan/01page/12thymot.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/e/eyck\_van/jan/01page/12thymot.html&#34;&gt;Portrait of a Young Man,&lt;/a&gt; or Hans Memling&#39;s &lt;a onclick=&#34;return OpenOther\(&#39;/html/m/memling/1early1/04noport.html&#39;\)&#34; href=&#34;/html/m/memling/1early1/04noport.html&#34;&gt;Portrait of Tommaso Portinari.&lt;/a&gt;

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)