Petrus Christus (Flemish, 1410-1475), Portrait of a Carthusian, 1446; oil on oak panel, 29.2 x 18.7 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art “Portrait of a Carthusian featured a halo above the monk’s head when it was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of

Petrus Christus (Flemish, 1410-1475), Portrait of a Carthusian, 1446; oil on oak panel, 29.2 x 18.7 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art “Portrait of a Carthusian featured a halo above the monk’s head when it was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of

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