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Portrait of Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen — History & Facts

Long accepted as the earliest known north Netherlandish self-portrait, this is probably a copy after a lost work. Such portraits illustrate the increasing status of artists. Jacob, whose traditional nickname means ‘son of Cornelis from Oostsanen’, looks directly at us.

Behind him is a paper with the date 1533 and his monogram, I W (inverted) v A (‘J[acob] W[ar] v[an] A[msterdam]’).

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Religious paper artwork by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen depicting Christ's ascension.

De hemelvaart en Christus voor God de Vader

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

Religious scene with a priest holding the host, Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, oil painting

Het hostiewonder van Amsterdam

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

The Adoration of the Christ Child, oil on panel by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, depicting figures gathered in a stable.

The Adoration of the Christ Child

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

Vlucht naar Egypte by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, paper medium, depicting the Holy Family's journey.

Vlucht naar Egypte

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

Religious scene of merchants in conflict, paper by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

Verdrijving van de handelaren uit de tempel

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

Triptych with the Last Supper and donors, verre églomisé by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

Triptych with the Last Supper and Donors

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

Religious scene with figures in gold, paper by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

Christus in het voorgeborchte

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

Religious scene with figures and a dove, paper artwork by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

Uitstorting van de Heilige Geest

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

Christus aan het kruis, paper artwork by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, depicting Christ on the cross.

Christus aan het kruis

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

Crucifixion and burial of Christ, paper by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

De kruisiging en de graflegging van Christus

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

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Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez, oil painting featuring Infanta Margarita and her attendants.

Las meninas

Diego Velázquez

Self-portrait with a bandaged ear and pipe, oil on canvas by an unidentified artist

Self-portrait with a Bandaged Ear and Pipe

Unidentified artist

Portrait of a girl with a pearl earring, oil painting by Johannes Vermeer

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Johannes Vermeer

The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild, oil painting by Rembrandt van Rijn

The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Drapers’ Guild, Known as ‘The Syndics’

Rembrandt van Rijn

Etching by Rembrandt van Rijn featuring a man in shadow

The Hundred Guilder Print: the man seen on the back in the lower left corner

Rembrandt van Rijn

Etching by Vincent van Gogh depicting Dr Gachet with expressive features.

Portrait of Dr Gachet

Vincent van Gogh