Portrait of a Man Holding a Rosary

1510-1520 (Renaissance)

33.5 cm 39 cm

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The unforgiving, linear rendering of the man's face suggests the influence of Quentin Metsys (1466-1530), the leading painter in Antwerp during the early decades of the century.The fact that the sitter chose to be portrayed fingering his red coral rosary beads suggests that pi...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1909 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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