# Portrait of a Man

**Corneille de Lyon** (French)  
c. 1536/1540  
oil on walnut  
overall: 16.5 x 14.3 cm (6 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.) framed: 41.9 x 28.3 cm (16 1/2 x 11 1/8 in.)

Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965.8.1. [The museum's record](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.50293.html).

## About this work

Corneille de Lyon painted this in about 1536/1540. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

### What you’re looking at

This painting shows a man from the waist up. He is facing forward and gazes out at us. He has fair skin, light brown hair, a thin mustache and beard, and light green eyes. His expression is mostly neutral, although his peach lips are slightly turned up at the edges. He is wearing a black garment with a high collar and a hood and a black flat cap on his head. The background is plain blue, fading to black around the edges of the painting.

_Description from the National Gallery of Art._

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

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## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Real size: about 6½ × 5½ in (17 × 14 cm). The original is small: even the 8 × 10 in print shows it larger than life.
- Century: 16th century
- Subjects: male
- Colour: teal
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1534.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1534/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86; 24 × 36 in $108
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-man-nga-50293).