A Man Reading (Saint Ivo?)

A Man Reading (Saint Ivo?) is the name given to a panel painting in the collection of the National Gallery, United Kingdom.[1] The work has been attributed to Rogier van der Weyden, and as to depict Ivo of Kermartin.[2] The National Gallery's website attributes it to the "workshop of Rogier van der Weyden".[1] It has been claimed that the work is not by van der Weyden or other artists working under his name in Early Netherlandish painting, but is instead a forgery by Eric Hebborn.[2] According to an article published in The Independent by Geraldine Norman, in 1996 Hebborn claimed to have painted the National Gallery's Saint Ivo.[3]

A Man Reading (St Ivo?)
ArtistRogier van der Weyden, but see text
Yearcirca 1450
TypeOil paint on oak
Dimensions44 by 35 centimetres (17 in × 14 in)
LocationNational Gallery, London

References edit

  1. ^ a b Alberge, Dalya (2 February 2019). "'It's a Beatle haircut': historian claims 15th-century portrait is from the 1960s". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. ^ Geraldine Norman (4 February 1996). "Drawn to forgery - Eric Hebborn's fakes, which fooled many experts, were first exposed by Geraldine Norman". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2019-02-07. Retrieved 5 February 2019.