Portrait of Jean de Carondelet Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen (Dutch, 1500-1559). Portrait of Jean de Carondelet, ca. 1530. Oil on panel, 30 3/4 x 24 1/2 in. ( x cm). Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen demonstrates his keen sense of observation by faithfully capturing his sitter, an influential Catholic cleric and statesman, at age sixty, paying equal attention to the topography of his face and the textures of the luxurious dark fur and fabric of his clothing. The artist animates Jean de Carondelet’s stern and blocky figure by enlivening the hands, one of which firmly grasps a pair of gray leather glo


Portrait of Jean de Carondelet Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen (Dutch, 1500-1559). Portrait of Jean de Carondelet, ca. 1530. Oil on panel, 30 3/4 x 24 1/2 in. ( x cm). Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen demonstrates his keen sense of observation by faithfully capturing his sitter, an influential Catholic cleric and statesman, at age sixty, paying equal attention to the topography of his face and the textures of the luxurious dark fur and fabric of his clothing. The artist animates Jean de Carondelet’s stern and blocky figure by enlivening the hands, one of which firmly grasps a pair of gray leather gloves, while the other contorts in an enigmatic gesture. European Art ca. 1530


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