A Donor
Artist: Workshop of Quinten Massys (Dutch, 1466 - 1530)
Original Dimensions: 27" x 12 1/8"
Location: National Gallery of Art, London
About Artwork: (About 1520) "A brown-haired man, dressed in black robes trimmed with brown fur, prays over a book that rests on a raised flower bed. There are no indications of his identity, but with his turned-up nose and strongly cleft chin he looks very like Quinten Massys‘ portrait of Peter Gillis (Collection of the Earl of Radnor, Longford Castle) – it wouldn’t be surprising if the two were related. The panel is probably the left wing of a small triptych (a painting in three parts). The landscape is somewhat in the style of Joachim Patinir. Its underdrawing seems to have been done by one artist, while another – perhaps even two others – painted it, making radical changes. The middle ground and figures are perhaps the work of one of Massys' assistants, while the distant landscape and principal figure may well have been by Massys himself." - (National Gallery of Art, London)

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