A Man Reading (Saint Ivo?)

A Man Reading (Saint Ivo?)
Artist	Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden, but see text
Year	c. 1450
Type	Oil paint on oak
Dimensions	44 by 35 centimetres (17 in × 14 in)
Location	National Gallery, London

A Man Reading (Saint Ivo?) is the name given to a panel painting in the collection of the National Gallery, London. ^[1] The work has been attributed to Rogier van der Weyden, and it has been proposed that it depicts Saint Ivo of Kermartin. ^[2] The National Gallery attributes it to the workshop of Rogier van der Weyden. ^[1]

It has been claimed that the work is not by van der Weyden or other Early Netherlandish painters working under his name, but is instead a forgery by Eric Hebborn. ^[2] According to an article published in The Independent by Geraldine Norman, in 1996 Hebborn claimed to have painted the work. ^[3]

References

1. "A Man Reading (Saint Ivo?)". National Gallery . Retrieved 4 February 2019.
2. Alberge, Dalya (2 February 2019). "'It's a Beatle haircut': historian claims 15th-century portrait is from the 1960s". The Guardian . Guardian Media Group . Retrieved 4 February 2019.
3. Geraldine Norman (4 February 1996). "Drawn to forgery – Eric Hebborn's fakes, which fooled many experts, were first exposed by Geraldine Norman" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.