Portrait of a Carthusian, by Petrus Christus, 1446
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Portrait of a Carthusian

Petrus Christus (Netherlandish, Baarle-Hertog (Baerle-Duc), active by 1444–died 1475/76 Bruges)

1446

Medium
Oil on oak
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
Overall 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (29.2 x 21.6 cm); painted surface 11 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (29.2 x 18.7 cm)
Culture
Netherlandish
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, European Paintings
Credit line
The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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