Jean Carondelet
by GOSSART, Jan, Oil on oak panel, 40 x 29 cm
Jean II Carondelet (1469-1545), was a Burgundian cleric, politician, jurist and one of the most important advisors to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. He was a patron of Erasmus and a brother of Ferry Carondelet.
This sensitively rendered portrait shows the hallmarks of Gossart’s early style: the tightly cropped composition; the plain, dark background; the conservative pose of the sitter, which emulates earlier examples from Bruges, namely, portraits by Hans Memling.