Portrait of a Carthusian
Petrus Christus1446
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manhattan, United States
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painting by Petrus Christus
Medium
oil paint
Dimensions
29.2 × 18.7 cm
1446
Manhattan, United States
0
liked it
Description
painting by Petrus Christus
Medium
oil paint
Dimensions
29.2 × 18.7 cm
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The work is part of the Jules Bache Collection housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It is regarded as a masterpiece of Northern Ressainance painting and, because of the fly painted towards the bottom of the painting, a prominent, early example of trompe-l'œil.
