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Source Description
This portrait has an informal, private character and was probably meant as a gift for a friend. The sitter's cap is the type a nobleman would don at home when not wearing his wig.Ghislandi, the greatest Lombard portraitist of his age, was a lay brother of the Order of the Minims. Fra Galgario was his nickname, referring to the monastery of Galgario in the city of Bergamo with which he was associated.For more information on this portrait, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 457, pp. 569-570.
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Document identity
localId
12496
label
Portrait of a Young Nobleman
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obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
12496
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Portrait of a Young Nobleman
description
This portrait has an informal, private character and was probably meant as a gift for a friend. The sitter's cap is the type a nobleman would don at home when not wearing his wig.Ghislandi, the greatest Lombard portraitist of his age, was a lay brother of the Order of the Minims. Fra Galgario was his nickname, referring to the monastery of Galgario in the city of Bergamo with which he was associated.For more information on this portrait, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 457, pp. 569-570.
provenance
Bernard Berenson [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1700-1710 (Baroque)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
portraits
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
58
height
44.4
dimensionsRaw
Present intact painted surface H: 22 13/16 x W: 17 1/2 in. (58 x 44.4 cm); Original painted surface H: 24 3/16 x W: 19 1/8 in. (61.5 x 48.5 cm); Stretcher H: 25 3/8 x W: 20 1/16 in. (64.5 x 51 cm)
Source extras
med
oil on canvas
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2179
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BAR
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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