Master of the Brandon Portrait explained

The Master of the Brandon Portrait or Portraits was an Early Netherlandish painter active about 1510–1530 in Bruges and at the court of Henry VIII in England. His notname is based on the Portrait of Charles Brandon, Earl of Suffolk now in a private collection. He may be the same person as Joannes Corvus.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Probably a follower of Gerard David, his style is reminiscent of that of Adriaen Isenbrandt.

Brandon portrait

Long thought to be a depiction of Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham by Hans Holbein the Younger and exhibited as such several times in the Victorian times, in the 1930s the painting was finally identified as a portrait of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, a Tudor politician and Henry VIII's personal friend.

References

• Max Jakob Friedländer. Max Jakob Friedländer. Ein Vlämischer Portraitmaler in England. Gentsche Bijdragen tot de Kunstgeschiedenis. 1937. IV. 5–18. de.
• Paul Ganz .

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  . A Portrait of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, by "The Master of Queen Mary Tudor". The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. 1937. 70. 410. 204–207 + 210–211. 866918.
• Book: Ariane van Suchtelen .

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  . Face Book; Studies on Dutch and Flemish Portraiture of the 16th-18th Centuries. 2012. Primavera Pers. Leiden. 978-9059971325. 15–22. 'Niet minder mooi en niet minder zeldzaam en waardevol': de Meester van het brandon-portret en het Portret van een man met een Simson-medaille. nl.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Master of the Brandon Portraits. Benezit Dictionary of Artists at Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. 26 May 2016.
2. Book: Brandon Portrait, Master of the. Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art at Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-533466-1. 26 May 2016.
3. Web site: Lot 1: Master of the Brandon Portrait, Portrait of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Sotheby's. 26 May 2016.