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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2023.
Portrait of a Man with an African Shield
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2023.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2023.

Portrait of a Man with an African Shield

Artist Jacques Gommers (Belgian, 1915 - 2000)
CultureBelgian
Date1936
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall, Frame: 27 9/16 × 23 5/8 in. (70 × 60 cm)
SignedLower left: "JGOMMERS / 1936"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2023.25
On View
On view
DescriptionThis oil on canvas painting is a portrait of a Black man posed before an African shield installed on a wall.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Ed Pollard-2008.
James Jacques Joseph Tissot
1885
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
Jacques-Louis David
ca. 1815
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2014.
Peter Paul Rubens
ca. 1598-99
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Charles-Émile Jacque
1880
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
Rembrandt van Rijn
ca. 1650
Scanned from a slide by Jimmy Brown; color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Antonie Palamedesz
1673
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Wicar
ca. 1800
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2013.
Bernardo Cavallino
ca. 1645
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2012.
Hyacinthe Rigaud
1696