| A Man Reading (Saint Ivo?) | |
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| Artist | Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden, but see text |
| Year | c. 1450 |
| Type | Oil paint on oak |
| Dimensions | 44 by 35 centimetres (17 in × 14 in) |
| Location | National Gallery, London |
A Man Reading (Saint Ivo?) is the name given to a panel painting in the collection of the National Gallery, London. The work has been attributed to Rogier van der Weyden, and it has been proposed that it depicts Saint Ivo of Kermartin. The National Gallery attributes it to the workshop of Rogier van der Weyden.
It has been claimed that the work is not by van der Weyden or other Early Netherlandish painters working under his name, but is instead a forgery by Eric Hebborn. According to an article published in The Independent by Geraldine Norman, in 1996 Hebborn claimed to have painted the work.
References
- ^ "A Man Reading (Saint Ivo?)". National Gallery. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ 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.
- 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 7 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
