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Portrait of a Stout Man
Student of Robert Campin
about 1420-1430 (original)
Oil on panel, 29.5 x 18 cm
Madrid, Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
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The Portrait of a Stout Man is the oldest known autonomous portrait in Netherlandish painting. The original didn’t survive; we know it through two, almost identical copies, which were made in Campin’s workshop or in the workshop of one of his students. Some scholars identified the sitter as Robert de Masmines but they don't have entirely conclusive evidences. Formely it was regarded as self-portrait of Jan Van Eyck.
Only two Campin’s portraits - comparable to eight portraits signed or attributed to Jan van Eyck - survived. But, all Campin’s portraits (with one possible exception) were painted earlier than van Eyck’s.
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