A Humanist, Presumably a portrait of an intellectual from Utrecht painted in half-length view. He sits looking directly at the viewer. On his head he wears a beret. His left hand rests on a small brown dog that lies in front of him while his right hand points to a building in the background. This building may be alluding to the Tower of Babel, for which the supposed sitter wrote commentary on or it may simply be recalling a country or city to which the model traveled., c.1525

 Item — Box: 262
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s36-i0583

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A Humanist, Presumably a portrait of an intellectual from Utrecht painted in half-length view. He sits looking directly at the viewer. On his head he wears a beret. His left hand rests on a small brown dog that lies in front of him while his right hand points to a building in the background. This building may be alluding to the Tower of Babel, for which the supposed sitter wrote commentary on or it may simply be recalling a country or city to which the model traveled.

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Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0555; Public Notes: This painting was once a part of the M.A. Chiesa Collection as indicated in pencil below our photograph.

Dates

  • Creation: c.1525

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Biographical / Historical

Subjects: Trees; Portraits; Buildings; Rings; Dogs; Hats; School: Flemish; Style period: High Renaissance; Technique: painting (technique); Work type: paintings

Full Extent

1 Items : Image Work Type: photographic print ; Image height (in.): 7.4; Image width (in.): 5.1in.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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