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Source Description
This richly dressed young nobleman holding a compass over a plan of a fortification remains unidentified. Pulzone's portraits are characterized by careful attention to the ornaments and fabrics of aristocratic attire, making him very popular as a portraitist of the nobility intent on appropriate self-representation as a signal of status. The ornament featuring a flower with swirling leaves embroidered in gold with a seed pearl stitched at the center bears comparison with a type of dress ornament represented by Walters 44.444. In this regard, Pulzone's Portrait of a Lady (37.605) of about the same date provides a further comparison.
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Document identity
localId
36685
label
Portrait of an Architect
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obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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4
Source metadata
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36685
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Portrait of an Architect
description
This richly dressed young nobleman holding a compass over a plan of a fortification remains unidentified. Pulzone's portraits are characterized by careful attention to the ornaments and fabrics of aristocratic attire, making him very popular as a portraitist of the nobility intent on appropriate self-representation as a signal of status. The ornament featuring a flower with swirling leaves embroidered in gold with a seed pearl stitched at the center bears comparison with a type of dress ornament represented by Walters 44.444. In this regard, Pulzone's Portrait of a Lady (37.605) of about the same date provides a further comparison.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 466]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1582-1585 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
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4
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4
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
93
height
74.2
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H: 36 5/8 x W: 29 3/16 in. (93 x 74.2 cm)
Source extras
med
oil on canvas
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3361
collection_ids
REN
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none
Page inventory
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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