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| Artist | Attributed to Dutch (Amsterdam) School |
| Previous attributions | Previously attributed to Flemish School |
| Title | Portrait of a Man in Fur Collar |
| Date earliest | possibly about 1650 |
| Date latest | possibly about 1700 |
| Material | oil on canvas |
| Measurements | 50 x 39 cm (estimate) |
| Description | This bust-length portrait of an elderly man, who wears a jewelled brooch on his chest and a fur collar, follows the tradition of painting tronies; these were character heads painted from life, often in exotic disguises. The main exponents of this genre were Dutch artists like Rembrandt and Ferdinand Bol. The handling, the palette and the use of chiaroscuro (extreme contrasts of light and dark) also suggest connections with seventeenth-century Dutch painting. |
| Subject | portrait |
| Collection | Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle |
| Current accession number | B.M.102 |
| Previous accession number(s) | No. 48 |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by the founders John and Joséphine Bowes 1885. |
| Provenance | Purchased by John and Joséphine Bowes from Benjamin Gogué, Paris, 1862, as school of Rembrandt, for 200 francs. |
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| Rights status | The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham |
| Author | Dr Mercedes Cerón; Dr Howard Coutts |
