Study Head of a Bearded Man
<p>In the upper-left corner of this painting, just barely visible against the black background, a monogram reading <em>FFF</em> identifies the artist as Frans Floris, who operated a large and influential workshop in Antwerp. This panel served as a head study (possibly of Hercules), a technique Floris often used to work through expressions and characters for finished compositions. His practice anticipated the <em>tronie</em>—Dutch for “head”—studies popular in the 17th century among artists such as <a href="https://www.artic.edu/artists/40769/rembrandt-van-rijn">Rembrandt</a> and <a href="https://www.artic.edu/artists/36487/peter-paul-rubens">Peter Paul Rubens</a>.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1560
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 46.5 × 33.6 cm (18 5/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Framed: 71.2 × 58.5 × 6.4 cm (28 × 23 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Frans Floris, I
Artist
Painting
Frans Floris, I (Netherlandish, by 1520–1570)
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- Frans Floris, I
- Year
- 1560
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 46.5 × 33.6 cm (18 5/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Framed: 71.2 × 58.5 × 6.4 cm (28 × 23 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1560-019294
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified