''Portrait of a Man with Carnation'' is a small oil on oakwood painting usually attributed to the

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or a member of his workshop. Based on dendrochronological examination of the wood, it is thought to have been completed relatively late in van Eycks career, perhaps around 1436. It is now in the

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. The sitter wears a large grey fur lined hat, and grey clothes, fur lined at the neck. holds a small bunch of carnations, symbols of marriage. He has not been identified, but wears the medal of the Order of Saint Anthony, established by

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. The man is older, probably in his early 50s, and has a coarse, rough look,Ammann, 72 which the artist does not shy from depicting.

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. ''Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art'', Volume 13, No. 1, 1983 * Borchert, Till-Holger. ''Van Eyck''. London:

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, 2008. {{Authority control 1430s paintings Portraits by Jan van Eyck