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On display at V&A South Kensington
Medieval & Renaissance, Room 64, The Wolfson Gallery

A man in a red hat

Oil Painting
ca. 1530 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oil painting, 'A Man in a Red Hat', circle of Bartholomäus Bruyn, German School, ca. 1530


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA man in a red hat
Materials and techniques
Oil on oak panel
Brief description
Oil painting, 'A Man in a Red Hat', circle of Bartholomäus Bruyn, German School, ca. 1530
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 37.5cm
  • Estimate width: 28.2cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of Foreign Paintings, I. Before 1800, C.M. Kauffmann, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1973
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'HB' (Inscribed on left, under the hat)
Gallery label
Portrait of a man in a red hat About 1530 Circle of Bartholomäus Bruyn (1493–1555) The carnation, a symbol of betrothal, indicates that this portrait was probably made on the occasion of a wedding. The sitter wears a ring inscribed with the initials SH in reverse but his identity remains unknown. The artist, Bartholomäus Bruyn, worked in the closely observed, realistic style that had developed in the Southern Netherlands in the early 15th century. Germany, Cologne Oil on oak panel Inscribed ‘HB’ in a later hand Bequeathed by John Parsons Museum no. 566-1870
Credit line
Bequeathed by John M. Parsons
Object history
Bequeathed by John M. Parsons, 1870
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Kauffmann, C.M., Catalogue of Foreign Paintings, I. Before 1800. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1973, p. 125, cat. no. 141
Collection
Accession number
566-1870

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Record createdFebruary 7, 2007
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