ARARPI0279569
Painting Portrait of a Nobleman
Oil on canvas. Northern Italian school, mid-17th century. The man portrayed is dressed in a large black cape, severe yet edged with white lace at the wrists, sitting at a desk while rereading a letter, with the inkwell and pen resting on the surface in front of him, indicating his culture and high position. The painting, restored and relined, is presented in a late 19th century frame re-lacquered in black, but with several missing colors.