Portrait of a Man with an Open Book - Guillaume Fillastre (?) (recto)
Maker
Attributed to
(Artists)
ca.1399-1464 (Life dates)
(Artists)
ca.1399-1464 (Life dates)
Title
Portrait of a Man with an Open Book - Guillaume Fillastre (?) (recto)
Date of Production
(1430s) 1430 - 1439
Medium
unidentified paint
Dimensions
Height: 33.7 cm (panel)
Width: 23.5 cm (panel)
Width: 23.5 cm (panel)
Accession Number
P.1987.XX.486
Mode of Acquisition
HM Government (Acceptance in Lieu), allocation, 1987
Credit
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Samuel Courtauld Trust, 1987.
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
The man looks up, as if he has been interrupted from reading. The cameo in his ring, displayed in close proximity to his book, suggests an interest in antiquity and classical literature. The sitter has been identified as the important Burgundian cleric Guillaume Fillastre. The painting is inscribed ‘Je he ce que mord’ (I hate things that bite), referring to the holly painted on the reverse. However, neither plant nor motto can be associated with Fillastre.
Provenance
Sir Thomas Merton; accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Samuel Courtauld Trust, 1987.
Exhibition History
Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 01/04/2024-07/07/2024
Rogier van der Weyden, Museum Leuven & Leuven & Belgium, 18/09/2009-08/12/2009
Robert Campin, the Master of Flemalle and Rogier van der Weyden, Staatliche Museen & Berlin & Germany, 20/03/2009-21/06/2009 ...More
Robert Campin, the Master of Flemalle and Rogier van der Weyden, Das Stadel & Frankfurt & Germany, 21/11/2008-22/02/2009
Memling's Portraiture, Groeningemuseum & Bruges & Brussels, 07/06/2005-04/09/2005
Second Nature, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2000-03/09/2000
Flemish Art 1300-1700, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953-54
Paintings by Old Masters, Colnaghi & London & England, 1935 (June) ...Less
Rogier van der Weyden, Museum Leuven & Leuven & Belgium, 18/09/2009-08/12/2009
Robert Campin, the Master of Flemalle and Rogier van der Weyden, Staatliche Museen & Berlin & Germany, 20/03/2009-21/06/2009 ...More
Robert Campin, the Master of Flemalle and Rogier van der Weyden, Das Stadel & Frankfurt & Germany, 21/11/2008-22/02/2009
Memling's Portraiture, Groeningemuseum & Bruges & Brussels, 07/06/2005-04/09/2005
Second Nature, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2000-03/09/2000
Flemish Art 1300-1700, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1953-54
Paintings by Old Masters, Colnaghi & London & England, 1935 (June) ...Less
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