Portrait of a Man
by SCOREL, Jan van, Oil on panel, 47 x 41 cm
The attribution of this painting to Jan van Scorel is based on its affinity with a group similar portraits by him that date from c. 1520, from the period when he was in Italy. He took a particular interest in Venetian painting. In addition to similarities to Venetian portraits, the relationship between figure and landscape is reminiscent of northern portraits such as Hans Memling’s Portrait of a Man with a Roman Coin.