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Source Description
The glittering embroidery on the sitter's ermine-trimmed jacket recalls 17th-century Polish uniforms and suggests that he may have been a member of a visiting delegation to Rome.Born and trained in Genoa, Baciccio, once in Rome, became a protégé of the great sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who helped him obtain commissions. The open, upturned hand is a gesture associated with conversation, in this case, presumably with the viewer. This, along with the way the sitter leans slightly to one side, gives the portrait a sense of spontaneity that recalls Bernini's lively style.For more information on this portrait, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 325, p. 452.
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Document identity
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37708
label
Portrait of a Man
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obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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Source metadata
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37708
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contentType
drawing
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normalized
title
Portrait of a Man
description
The glittering embroidery on the sitter's ermine-trimmed jacket recalls 17th-century Polish uniforms and suggests that he may have been a member of a visiting delegation to Rome.Born and trained in Genoa, Baciccio, once in Rome, became a protégé of the great sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who helped him obtain commissions. The open, upturned hand is a gesture associated with conversation, in this case, presumably with the viewer. This, along with the way the sitter leans slightly to one side, gives the portrait a sense of spontaneity that recalls Bernini's lively style.For more information on this portrait, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 325, p. 452.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 790, as Louis M. van Loo]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1700 (Baroque)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
portraits
oil paintings
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
90.1
height
76.7
dimensionsRaw
H: 35 1/2 x W: 30 3/16 in. (90.1 x 76.7 cm); Painted surface H: 27 1/16 x W: 21 7/8 in. (68.7 x 55.5 cm)
Source extras
med
oil on canvas
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2051
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BAR
exhibition_ids
2959
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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