Portrait of a Man

Artist
Jan Gossart (Mabuse)
Year
ca. 1515–1520
Medium
Oil on wood

Jan Gossart’s enigmatic portrait of an unidentified man, rendered with the meticulous detail characteristic of the Northern Renaissance. Gossart was among the first Flemish painters to journey to Italy, and his work bridges the Gothic tradition of the Low Countries with the humanist ideals of the Italian Renaissance.