Study for Cardinal Niccolò Albergati
Study for Cardinal Niccolò Albergati is a silverpoint drawing attributed to the Early Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck, made in preparation for his Portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati of 1431. Niccolò Albergati was traditionally identified as the subject of the drawing and portrait, but modern scholarship suggests that Henry Beaufort is more likely the subject.[1][2] The drawing is held in the collection of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen in Dresden.
The preparatory study shows an elderly cleric who is visibly ageing and imprinted with deep lines below his eyes. He is shown in near full frontal profile, dressed in the red robe of a cardinal, with a gown lined with luxurious fur.[3]
The drawing, along with the Saint Barbara in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp and Crucifixion in the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen are the only surviving drawings by van Eyck.[4] The work is especially valuable to art historians as it includes notes made to indicate the colours intended for the final oil portrait.
Notes
- ^ Vale, Malcolm (April 1990). "Cardinal Henry Beaufort and the 'Albergati' Portrait". The English Historical Review. 105 (415): 337–354. doi:10.1093/ehr/CV.CCCCXV.337. JSTOR 570845. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ Harriss, G. L. (2004). "Beaufort, Henry [called the Cardinal of England]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1859. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Harbison, 42
- ^ "Concerning a drawing at the exhibition The Road to van Eyck". Flemish Art Collection. Retrieved 13 June 2024
Sources
- Ainsworth, Maryan Wynn. From Van Eyck to Bruegel: Early Netherlandish Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009. ISBN 0-8709-9870-6
- Borchert, Till-Holger. Van Eyck. London: Taschen, 2008. ISBN 3-8228-5687-8
- Conway, Martin. "A Head of Christ by John van Eyck". The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Volume 39, No. 225, December 1921
- Harbison, Craig. Jan van Eyck, The Play of Realism. London: Reaktion Books, 1991. ISBN 0-948462-18-3
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- Portrait of a Man with a Blue Chaperon c. 1430
- Léal Souvenir (1432)
- Portrait of Cardinal Niccolò Albergati (1432)
- Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?) (1433)
- Arnolfini Portrait (1434)
- Portrait of Baudouin de Lannoy c. 1435
- Portrait of Jan de Leeuw (1436)
- Portrait of Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini c. 1438
- Portrait of Margaret van Eyck (1439)
works
- Annunciation (Madrid) c. 1432–1434
- Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata c. 1432–1440
- Annunciation (Washington) c. 1434–1436
- Madonna of Chancellor Rolin (1435)
- Lucca Madonna (1436)
- Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele (1436)
- Madonna in the Church c. 1438–1440
- Madonna at the Fountain (1439)
- Madonna of Jan Vos (1441–1443)
- Ghent Altarpiece (with Hubert van Eyck, completed 1432)
- Crucifixion and Last Judgement Diptych c. 1430–1440
- Dresden Triptych c. 1437
manuscripts
- Turin–Milan Hours ("Hand G", c. 1420)
- Saint Barbara (1437)
- Study for Cardinal Niccolò Albergati c. 1432
- Study for a Crucifixion c. 1440
- Portrait of Isabella of Portugal c. 1428–29
- Saint Christopher c. 1460
- Woman Bathing c. 1434
- Vera Icon (Head of Christ) (before 1438)
- Madonna of Nicolas van Maelbeke (after 1440)
- The Three Marys at the Tomb c. 1420s
- The Fountain of Life c. 1432
- Portrait of a Man with Carnation (1435)
- Crucifixion c. 1430–1432
- Ince Hall Madonna (after 1434)
- Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John c. 1435
- Saint Jerome in His Study (1442)
- Hubert van Eyck (brother)