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The sitter holds a heart-shaped devotional book and his glance suggests that another picture, possibly an image of the Virgin and Child, was joined to this, to make a diptych.
On the ledge are an inkpot and pencase. In the background is the church of Notre Dame du Sablon, Brussels, the town where the artist probably worked. He is named after a painting with a view of the church of St Gudula in Brussels.
On the ledge are an inkpot and pencase. In the background is the church of Notre Dame du Sablon, Brussels, the town where the artist probably worked. He is named after a painting with a view of the church of St Gudula in Brussels.
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