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Source Description
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 piety was important to his sense of identity. He may also have been superstitious: coral was not only beautiful and expensive, it was believed to protect against evil.
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Document identity
localId
30996
label
Portrait of a Man Holding a Rosary
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
30996
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Portrait of a Man Holding a Rosary
description
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 piety was important to his sense of identity. He may also have been superstitious: coral was not only beautiful and expensive, it was believed to protect against evil.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1909 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1510-1520 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
39
height
33.5
dimensionsRaw
15 3/8 x 13 3/16 in. (39 x 33.5 cm)
Source extras
med
oil on panel (oak)
creator_ids
6505
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
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0
type
photo
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9922ca862052b068