Portrait of a Man in a Fur-Trimmed Coat

Portrait of a Man in a Fur-Trimmed Coat

Portrait of a Man in a Fur-Trimmed Coat

Artist:Italian (Lombard) Painter (ca. 1540)

Medium:Oil on canvas

Dimensions:38 3/8 x 29 1/2 in. (97.5 x 74.9 cm)

Classification:Paintings

Credit Line:Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1890

The sitter of this handsome portrait has his right hand placed below his heart, suggesting the content of the letter he has evidently just finished reading. Although the artist remains anonymous, he must have been familiar with the work of the Venetian painter Lorenzo Lotto (ca. 1480-1556), who spent time in the north Italian city of Bergamo.

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