''Portrait of a Man in a Red Hat'' is a 1465–1470 oil on oak panel painting by Hans Memling, one of the first portraits he produced in Bruges, with similarities to his '' Portrait of a Man'' - its subject is unknown. It has some similarities to portraits by

Jan van Eyck Jan van Eyck ( , ; – July 9, 1441) was a painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art. Ac ...

and Rogier van der Weyden, though the fictive stone frame is Memling's invention. In 1823 it was bought by L.J. Nieuwenhuys, who later sold it to

prince William of Orange William III (William Henry; ; 4 November 16508 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic fro ...

. It was bought at the auction of William's collection in 1850 by its present owner, the Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, in Frankfurt am Main.

Sources

* Till-Holger Borchert, ''De portretten van Memling'' (tentoonstelling Brugge 2005), Ludion, 2005 (nummer 1), p. 151. {{15C-painting-stub 1460s paintings Man in a Red Hat Man in a Red Hat Paintings in the Städel