Hugo van der Goes, 1470 - Portrait of an Old Man - fine art print

Summary

The 15th century artpiece called Portrait of an Old Man was painted by the northern renaissance painter Hugo van der Goes. The 550 years old piece of art measures the size: Overall 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in (22,2 x 16,5 cm). Oil on paper, laid down on wood was used by the European painter as the technique for the masterpiece. The artwork is part of the art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The public domain artpiece is being supplied with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, 2009 Benefit Fund, Hester Diamond Gift, Victor Wilbour Memorial Fund, Mary Harriman Foundation and Friends of European Paintings Gifts, Alfred N. Punnett Endowment Fund, Marquand and Charles B. Curtis Funds, and University Place Foundation Gift, 2010. Creditline of the artwork: Purchase, 2009 Benefit Fund, Hester Diamond Gift, Victor Wilbour Memorial Fund, Mary Harriman Foundation and Friends of European Paintings Gifts, Alfred N. Punnett Endowment Fund, Marquand and Charles B. Curtis Funds, and University Place Foundation Gift, 2010. The alignment is in portrait format with a ratio of 1 : 1.4, meaning that the length is 29% shorter than the width. Hugo van der Goes was a male Netherlandish painter, whose artistic style can mainly be attributed to Northern Renaissance. The painter was born in the year 1467 in Ghent, East Flanders, Flanders, Belgium and passed away at the age of 15 in the year 1482.

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Supplementary description from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (© - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - www.metmuseum.org)

In this closely observed and sympathetic portrayal of an old man, special attention is given to how light models the subject’s wrinkled, time-worn face. This objective realism is characteristic of the paintings of Hugo van der Goes, especially those of the early 1470s. However, Hugo’s works do not include independent portraits, and additionally, the technique of oil on paper is relatively rare. The extremely tight cropping of the image, uniform brownish background, and absence of any projecting shadow from the head indicate that this portrait was made as a detailed preliminary study for inclusion in a larger painting.