Young Man Holding a Book, ca. 1480, Oil on wood, Overall, with arched top, 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (21 x 13 cm); painted surface 8 1/8 x 5 in. (20.6 x 12.6 cm), Paintings, Master of the View of Sainte Gudule (Netherlandish, active ca. 1485), The heart-shaped book this sitter holds is probably a prayer book; he is depicted before a view of the church of Sainte Gudule in Brussels, where a mass is performed by a priest in the background. The man’s identity is unknown, but he may have been a member of a confraternity or guild with a particular devotion to Saint Augustine, whose symbolic attribute was a heart surmounted by a flame
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Young Man Holding, Book, ca, 1480, Oil, wood, Overall, arched top, 8 1/4 x 5 1/8, 21 13 cm, painted surface 8 1/8 5, 20.6 12.6, Paintings, Master of the View Sainte Gudule, Netherlandish, active ca., 1485, heart-shaped, book, sitter holds, prayer book, depicted, view, church, Sainte, Brussels, mass, performed, priest, background, man, identity, unknown, member, confraternity, guild, particular devotion, Saint Augustine, symbolic attribute, heart surmounted, flame
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