Portrait of a Gentleman

Gallery 308, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

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Portrait of a Gentleman

c. 1500

School of Giovanni Bellini, also called Giambellino (Italian (active Venice), first documented 1459, died 1516)

The man in this painting holds a slip of paper with another artist's signature, in Latin, and the date: IOHANES BELLI NVS/1488. It was probably added in the late 1500s to make this portrait appear to be by the most famous of Venetian early Renaissance artists, Giovanni Bellini.

Gallery 308, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

Object Details

Title:

Portrait of a Gentleman

Date:

c. 1500

Artist:

School of Giovanni Bellini, also called Giambellino (Italian (active Venice), first documented 1459, died 1516)

Medium:

Oil on panel

Dimensions:

21 1/2 x 16 7/8 inches (54.6 x 42.9 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

Accession Number:

Cat. 179

Geography:

Made in Venice, Italy, Europe

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Gallery 308, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

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