This is a striking profile portrait of Bishop Jean de Monmirel with an inscription across the lower portion of the painting in French. It is in an early black and gold frame. The text translates that he is a native of Chaumont, Bishop of Vaison, to the consideration of whom Sixtee IV had this Church and Collegiale errected and accorded. (The event of the pardon of the Feast of St. Jean was scheduled to draw the Populace to the celebration.) The year was 1475. Painting shows signs of professional restoration in past with small areas of retouch and a patch on the back. It is not signed. Site measurement is 18 3/4 inches x 22 3/4 inches.
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