The Painter's Father

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This portrait of Dürer's father, who is identifiable by the inscription, was given as a gift to King Charles I of England in 1636. When Charles was executed in 1649, it was sold. It eventually entered the National Gallery's collection in the early twentieth century.There are four versions of the picture, but the National Gallery's is the only one that matches an inventory description of 1639, where the sitter is described as having a black cap, and 'a dark yellow gown wherein his hands are hidden in the wide sleeves painted upon a reddish ground all crack’t.'The picture is probably a later sixteenth-century copy of a lost original by Dürer. The colour of the background and the unusual technique used to apply it -- in one thick layer of paint, rather than in multiple ones -- are not typical for the artist.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

The Painter's Father

Date

1497

Medium

Oil on lime

Measurements

H 51 x W 40.3 cm

Accession number

NG1938

Acquisition method

Bought, 1904

Work type

Painting

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Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England

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