'An Elderly Couple ' is the only known double portrait by Jan Gossaert . The sitters have not been identified . On the badge on the man's hat a young naked couple with a cornucopia are depicted ,clearly providing a contrast with the age of the subjects ,and perhaps an ironic comment on their present state .
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Wednesday, 12 October 2011
' An Elderly Cuople ' Jan Gossaert ( Burgundian Netherlandish 1478-1532 ) Oil on board Circa 1520
'An Elderly Couple ' is the only known double portrait by Jan Gossaert . The sitters have not been identified . On the badge on the man's hat a young naked couple with a cornucopia are depicted ,clearly providing a contrast with the age of the subjects ,and perhaps an ironic comment on their present state .
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