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Accession #	47.76
Artist	Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen
Title	Portrait of Jean de Carondelet
Date	ca. 1530
Medium	Oil on panel
Dimensions	30 3/4 x 24 1/2 in. (78.1 x 62.2 cm) frame: 42 × 36 × 4 in. (106.7 × 91.4 × 10.2 cm)
Credit Line	Gift of Horace O. Havemeyer
Location	Visible Storage: Case 15, Screen A (Paintings)

Curatorial Remarks: Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen demonstrates his keen sense of observation by faithfully capturing his sitter, an influential Catholic cleric and statesman, at age sixty, paying equal attention to the topography of his face and the textures of the luxurious dark fur and fabric of his clothing. The artist animates Jean de Carondelet’s stern and blocky figure by enlivening the hands, one of which firmly grasps a pair of gray leather gloves, while the other contorts in an enigmatic gesture.