Portrait of a Carthusian

Petrus Christus, 1446, Metropolitan Museum of Art

‘Portrait of a Carthusian’ is a work by Petrus Christus (1425–1475). It is dated 1446. It is part of the collection Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

It is made of oil paint and panel. It measures 29 × 19 cm. The work belongs to the genre portrait. The things depicted include man, monk, Carthusian Order, and beard.

The catalogue has 33 more works by Petrus Christus.

• Petrus Christus
• The Renaissance