Portrait of a Nobleman in Armor

1620-50 (Baroque)

17.8 cm 21.5 cm

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Portraits of the nobility were often conservative in terms of presenting the subject’s status, but novelty in technique was admired, especially for inclusion in a Chamber of Wonders. Wax became popular for this use in the later 1500s in court circles. It is an attractive mater...

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Jacques Seligmann, Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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