Head of a bearded Man wearing a Falling Ruff

Image credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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This sketch and 'Head of a bearded Man wearing a Wheel Ruff' are preparatory studies for two of the life-size figures in the large group portrait of the Aldermen of Brussels painted for the Town Hall in Brussels in 1634–1635 and destroyed in the French bombardment in 1695.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Oxford

Title

Head of a bearded Man wearing a Falling Ruff

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 52 x W 46 cm

Accession number

WA1855.173

Acquisition method

Presented by Chambers Hall, 1855

Work type

Painting

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