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Portrait of a Nobleman
(Renaissance Europe )
This portrait shows a young man in half-length, his face in profile to the left, with blue eyes, thick curly hair, full beard and moustache, his left hand on the hilt of his sword, his right hand grasping white gloves. He wears a black velvet doublet, with an embroidered falling linen collar and a gold locket hanging from a gold chain. Before him is a table covered with a green cloth, inscribed in gilding in Italian: NE MORTE NE FORTVNA CONTRA QVESTA POSSENZA. After QVESTA is the monogram which stands for P. Cor (Pierre Courteys). On the blue background runs an inscription in Latin: ANNO AETAT[is] SVE 2[7?], and along the oval edge, a second Latin inscription: NE.MEMOREM.NOSTRI.HEC.REDAT.IMAGO.
Inscription
Provenance
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Andrew Fountaine of Narford Hall, Norfolk, England [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Paris, June 16, 1884, lot 283; Frédéric Spitzer, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Paul Chevallier and Charles Mannheim, Paris, April 17, 1893, lot 536; Charles Borradaile, Brighton, England, before 1897, by purchase; George Robinson Harding, London, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1897 | Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1897. Burlington Fine Arts Club, London. |
Geographies
France, Limoges (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 6 1/2 x W: 4 13/16 in. (16.5 x 12.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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44.275