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| Keywords: Hugo van der Goes - Portrait of a Man at Prayer with Saint John the Baptist - Walters 37296.jpg Hugo van der Goes active ca 1440-1482 was one of the major portraitists of 15th-century Europe at a time when portraiture gained importance under the impact of the new individualism fostered by humanism A common type of portrait was the depiction of a man or woman in prayer experiencing a vision often of the Virgin This small panel cut down slightly at the top and bottom was originally the right wing of a small altarpiece made of only two paintings known as a diptych The subject of the left wing would have been the Virgin and Child It is to them that Saint John directs the praying donor's devotion This unidentified donor the person who donated or commissioned the work of art is shown completely absorbed in the vision of the Virgin and Child During this period it was thought inappropriate to show strong emotion in public but Hugo was very sensitive to the most subtle facial expression that give clues to a person's mental state The man's deep concentration is wonderfully captured in his raised eyebrow and contracted muscles around the mouth ca 1475 Early Modern oil on panel cut down at top and bottom cm 32 22 5 0 6 accession number 37 296 26514 P A Borger Arnheim Sale Frederick Muller et Cie Amsterdam November 13 1882 no 16 L M Leembruggen Amsterdam date of acquisition unknown by purchase Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1903 by long-term loan Sale Frederick Muller et Cie Amsterdam April 13 1920 no 66 Private collection New York J Seligmann and Co Paris and New York date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1920 Salute to Belgium The Taste of Maryland Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 Small Northern European Portraits from The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore National Gallery of Art Washington 2000 From Van Eyck to Dürer Artistic Exchanges between the Netherlands and Centeral Eastern and Northern Europe c 1420-1530 Groeningemuseum Brugge 2010-2011 place of origin Brussels Belgium Walters Art Museum license 2D Salute to Belgium Renaissance portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum Hugo van der Goes Paintings in the Walters Art Museum 15th-century paintings of John the Baptist Portraits with praying hands Portraits with patron saints | ||||
