(16th century)

Portrait of a Ginger Bearded Nobleman, unsigned, oil on canvas, 38-3/4 x 25-1/2 in. (96.52 x 63-1/2 cm.); carved and gilt wood Italian reverse profile frame, 44-3/8 x 31-1/2 in. Note: This portrait demonstrates the artist may have been in the circle of Giovanni Battista Moroni and perhaps Titian.

Provenance: Sold out of the basement of a Palazzo during the Florence Floods. circa 1960s; Collection of a Virginia Gentleman

lined, restretched on new stretcher, retouch, voids at bottom, craquelure, crackle; frame with abrasions and wear commensurate with age