Portrait of a Man, Bartolomeo Veneto , c. 1510s, Cleveland Museum of Art: European Painting and Scul
Portrait of a Man, Bartolomeo Veneto , c. 1510s, Cleveland Museum of Art: European Painting and SculptureSmall portraits often appeared in a scholar’s study. This young man wears a badge on his hat. Though the painting’s condition makes the badge difficult to make out, it features a complex, extremely learned allegory about virtue, speaking to the young man’s intellect.Size: Framed: 74.9 x 57.8 x 11.1 cm (29 ½ x 22 ¾ x 4 3/8 in.); Unframed: 39.4 x 29.2 cm (15 ½ x 11 ½ in.)Medium: oil on wood, transferred to woodhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1940.539 -- source link
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