Portrait of a Man

c. 1480–1500

oil on wood

42.5 × 27.6 cm (16.7 × 10.9 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

● On view now — 113 French Tapestries & Illuminated Manuscripts

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · verified August 2026

View at clevelandart.org ↗︎Plan a visit ↗︎

Discussion

FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The man pictured here didn't accidentally rip his coat, he is actually sporting highly fashionable slashed sleeves. Decorative openings in the sleeves of garments, revealing the rich fabric underneath, were all the rage in 15th-century society.

Source ↗︎

Be the first to share your thoughts.

More like this

Master of the Holy Blood (Netherlandish) — Saint Catherine

Jan Gossaert — Portrait of Francisco de los Cobos y Molina

Lucas Cranach the Elder — Portrait of a Man with a Rosary

Bronzino — Cosimo I de' Medici (1519–1574)

Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) — Philip IV

Giovanni Bellini — Portrait of a Young Man in Red

Raphael — Giuliano de' Medici (1479–1516), Duke of Nemours

Portrait of Worp van Ropta, Chief Magistrate of East Dongeradeel

Friese School 1542 — Portrait of Worp van Ropta, Chief Magis

Master H.A. or A.H. — Mary of Burgundy

Bartolomeo Veneto (Italian, 1531) — Portrait of a Man

Portrait of Kaiser Maximilian I with Crown and Scepter

Florentin Lauter (German) — Portrait of Kaiser Maximilian I

Netherlandish Painter — Portrait of a Man

Discussion

FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Source ↗︎

Be the first to share your thoughts.