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| Keywords: Hans Baldung Grien - Portrait of a Man - Google Art Project.jpg Artwork Q18685963 Creator Hans Baldung This bold portrait is of an unknown sitter The fur collar the jewel on the cap and the heavy gold chains indicate that he was a man of some wealth The two badges on the chain can be identified and suggest that he may have been a Swabian and was probably of noble birth At the bottom of the portrait the top of his puffed white sleeve is just visible It is probable that the picture has been cut down and originally showed more of the arm Baldung is thought to have worked in Albrecht Dürer's workshop; his portraits tend to be less psychologically penetrating than Dürer's In this work visual display is emphasised The sweeping lines of hair and curling beard are set off by the flat expanse of face and shirt The whole is electrified by the bold background colour The badge showing the Virgin and Child is that of the Order of Our Lady of the Swan This confraternity founded by the Elector Frederick II of Brandenburg admitted only those of noble birth The other badge belongs to the Fish and Falcon jousting company of Swabia a knightly organisation Citation from http //www nationalgallery org uk/paintings/hans-baldung-grien-portrait-of-a-man National Gallery 1514 Oil lime cm 59 30 48 90 Institution National Gallery London 4 Germany object history credit line Bought 1854 Dated accession number NG245 iQHlQEmOc_PpYw PD-old-100 <gallery> File Hans Baldung 022 jpg </gallery> Assessments 1 Why the long face Google Art Project works in The National Gallery London 16th-century portrait paintings in the National Gallery London Portraits by Hans Baldung Portrait paintings with blue background Fur collars in art German Renaissance paintings in the National Gallery London 1514 paintings Paintings with years of production artist Males with black headwear in art 1510s portrait paintings Renaissance portraits of men Males with livery collars in art Male fur clothing in art Paintings by Hans Baldung with fur Google Art Project works by Hans Baldung Grien Collar of the Order of the Swan in portraits Fur clothing of Swabian people | ||||
