Portrait of an Old Man, ca. 1475, Oil on wood, Overall 10 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (26.4 x 19.4 cm); painted surface 10 x 7 1/4 in. (25.4 x 18.4 cm), Paintings, Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465–died 1494 Bruges), This sympathetic portrayal of an elderly man once formed a diptych with a portrait of an old woman (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston). Unlike the devotional portraits of Tommaso and Maria Portinari displayed nearby, the purpose here is entirely secular
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Portrait, Old Man, ca, 1475, Oil, wood, Overall 10 3/8 x 7 5/8, 26.4 19.4 cm, painted surface 1/4, 25.4 18.4, Paintings, Hans Memling, Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by, 1465–died, 1494, Bruges, sympathetic, portrayal, elderly man, formed, diptych, portrait, old woman, Museum, Fine Arts, Houston, devotional portraits, Tommaso, Maria Portinari, displayed, purpose, entirely secular
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