Jan Gossaert (Jean Gossart), 'A Man with a Rosary'

Jan Gossaert (Jean Gossart)
NG656
A Man with a Rosary
Oil on oak panel, 69.0 x 49.1 cm

Provenance and exhibitions

Provenance

The portrait belonged to Edmond Beaucousin (1806–1866) in Paris and was bought in 1860 with the rest of the Beaucousin collection. Wornum ordered a new frame on 11 February 1860 and received it on 10 March. It was hung in the Gallery on 22–23 March 1860.¹

Exhibitions

Rotterdam-Bruges 1965 (24); New York 2010–11 (54); NG 2011 (54).

Further Sections

• Introduction
• Provenance and exhibitions
• Technical notes
• Description
• The identity of the sitter
• Attribution and original function
• Date