Portrait of a Man with a Blue Chaperon
Portrait of a Man with a Blue Chaperon is a very small oil on panel portrait of an unidentified man attributed to the Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck.
Portrait of a Man with a Blue Chaperon
Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?), 25.5 x 19cm, 1433. National Gallery, London
The portrait on a 1966 Romanian postage stamp
Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art. According to Vasari and other art historians including Ernst Gombrich, he invented oil painting, though most now regard that claim as an oversimplification.
Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?) by Jan van Eyck, 1433. National Gallery, London
The Arnolfini Portrait, oil on oak, 1434. National Gallery, London
Hubert and Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece, completed 1432. Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent
Portrait of Margaret van Eyck, Groeningemuseum, Bruges, 1439