Portrait of a Man with a Blue Chaperon

Jan van Eyck, 1435, Brukenthal National Museum

‘Portrait of a Man with a Blue Chaperon’ is a work by Jan van Eyck (Flanders/Belgium, 1390–1441). It is dated 1435. It is part of the collection Brukenthal National Museum. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

It is made of oil paint and oakwood. It measures 19 × 13 cm. The work belongs to the genre portrait. The things depicted include man, ring, chaperon, and parapet.

The catalogue has 52 more works by Jan van Eyck.

• The Renaissance