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Formerly ascribed to Romanino, this portrait, which may depict Ghirardo Averoldi, shows pronounced Brescian influence. It can be compared with portraits by Moretto da Brescia (for example, his ' Portrait of a Gentleman') & those by Giovanni Battista Moro ...
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This was painted under the influence of both Botticelli & Filippino Lippi, probably in Florence in the 1490s. The painting's arched format, curtains & ledge reinforce the idea that the sitter is standing at a window
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The jaunty sitter with his elbow jutting out & glancing at us over his shoulder is a formula found in Raphael's now lost Krakow ' Portrait of a Man' & it was popularised by Van Dyck. Coques has controlled the glittering silver costume to give a confide ...
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The identity of the sitter has not been established. The inscription records that Alvise Vivarini of Murano made this. Murano is one of the islands in the Venetian lagoon. It is the only portrait by the artist which is authenticated by a signature. Alvis ...
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This portrait is in a damaged condition & has been extensively overpainted. It has in the past been variously attributed to Amberger, Niklaus Manuel Deutsch & the Nuremberg School, but was probably produced in Augsburg, or possibly another Southern Ge ...
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This bold portrait is of an unknown sitter. The fur collar, the jewel on the cap & the heavy gold chains indicate that he was a man of some wealth. The two badges on the chain can be identified & suggest that he may have been a Swabian & was probabl ...
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It has been suggested that the sitter is Dr Richard Mead, the famous physician & collector. This identification has not been verified. The date of this work would suggest that the picture was painted in Britain & the sitter is likely to be British. ...
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Jacometto specialised in portraits of this format & size & many of his works have reverses inscribed with mottoes as in this work. The inscription on the reverse shows two crossed sprays of myrtle & comesfrom Horace's ' Odes' (1: 13): FELICES TER E ...
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The sitter has been described as a Florentine nobleman. The red costume, however, suggests that he may have been Genoese & have held office in the government of that Republic. Sustermans worked in Genoa in 1649. ...
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The sitter has not been identified. Tocque was one of the foremost portraitists of his age combining, as here, study of character with attention to his sitter's costume. ...
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Portrait Of A Man

The unidentified sitter seems to be wearing the ribbon of the Légion d'Honneur. He may have been a friend or acquaintance of the painter Edgar Degas as the portrait was in his private collection. At the time it was acquired at the posthumous dispersal of Degas's collection in 1918, the date of the painting was noted on the reverse. This is no longer visible.
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The unidentified sitter seems to be wearing the ribbon of the Légion d' Honneur. He may have been a friend or acquaintance of the painter Edgar Degas as the portrait was in his private collection. At the time it was acquired at the posthumous dispersal of Degas's collection in 1918, the date of the painting was noted on the reverse. This is no longer visible.

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