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Portrait of Jan de Mol

Maker

Master of Guild of Saint George at Malines (Artists)
act.1485-1505 (Life dates)

Title

Portrait of Jan de Mol

Date of Production

c. 1485

Medium

oil on panel, integral frame

Dimensions

Height: 29.9 cm (painted surface)
Width: 17.7 cm (painted surface)

Accession Number

P.1947.LF.257

Mode of Acquisition

Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

On display

Keywords




Label Text

Jan de Mol was a prominent citizen and council member of the city of Mechelen, in northern Belgium. This portrait is the only remaining element of the multi-part work commissioned as a memorial to him by his family. The Dutch inscription on the frame reads: ‘In the year 1498 on the last day of May our father Jan de Mol died, a true friend’.

This unidentified artist is named after a group portrait of guild members from Mechelen, the style of which is closely related to this work.

Provenance

Lee Bequest 1947

Exhibition History

Aspecten van de laatgotiek in Brabant, Stedelijk Museum, Leuven, 11/09/1971-28/11/1971

L'art ancien dans les Flandres (Region de l'Escaut), Exposition universelle et internationale de Gand, 1913

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