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The portrait was previously believed to be the work of Gaspar Netscher but is now attributed to Michiel Van Musscher. Three-quarter-length portraits painted on small canvases are much more van Musscher's style, as is the background and pose. The hairstyle would seem to date it to c.1670 but this may be a personal fad of the sitter as the Japanese-style gown suggests a slightly later date. By the 1670s van Musscher was almost exclusively painting portraits of sitters in their own environment, surrounded by their everyday attributes.
Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
Warrington
Title
Portrait of an Unknown Man
Date
1660–1680
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 52 x W 42 cm
Accession number
WAGMG : 1978.226
Acquisition method
bequeathed
Work type
Painting
Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
Museum Street, Cultural Quarter, Warrington, Cheshire WA1 1JB England
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