The Court Jester Gonella
around 1440-45, Attributed to: Jean Fouquet ?
The Court Jester Gonella
The highly detailed, portrait-like depiction of the face (folds of skin, growth of beard and red eyes) requires the precise portraiture art of Jan van Eyck. Yet the painter of this portrait remained unknown until some years ago when Jean Fouquet was identified. The French painter portrayed Gonella, famous in his day as “court jester” in the service of Niccolò d‘Este, when he stopped off in Ferrara on his way to Rome.
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
French
Dated
around 1440-45
Attributed to
Jean Fouquet ? (um 1420 Tours - 1478/1481 Tours) - GND
Material
oak wood
Dimensions
Overall: 36,1 cm × 23,8 cm × 0,8 cm
Framed: 42,2 cm × 30,2 cm × 4 cm
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 1840
Provenance
1627 Coll. Vincenz Gonzaga, Mantua;
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