Portrait of a Carthusian

Petrus Christus

1446 · Oil on oak

About this work

Artist

Petrus Christus

Date

1446

Medium

Oil on oak

Dimensions

Overall 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (29.2 x 21.6 cm); painted surface 11 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (29.2 x 18.7 cm)

Department

European Paintings

Netherlandish, Baarle-Hertog (Baerle-Duc), active by 1444–died 1475/76 Bruges

Men

Portraits

Monks

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028

Gallery information available

Gallery 605

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Credit line: The Jules Bache Collection, 1949