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Portrait of a Man, by Paolo Veronese, oil, 1555

Portrait of a Man

Paolo Veronese

1555

oil

canvas

From the collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Dominant colour

Overview

Portrait of a Man is a 1555 oil by Paolo Veronese, a Mannerism work, depicting Man, held at Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.

Who painted this?
Paolo Veronese
When & what style?
1555 · Mannerism
Where can I see it?
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

About this work

This portrait depicts a man in a black coat with a fur collar, standing in front of a landscape with ruins. The man has dark hair and is looking directly at the viewer. The painting is done in oil paint. The man's attire and the landscape behind him suggest a sense of elegance and refinement. The ruins in the background add a sense of depth and history to the painting. If you're interested in learning more about the artist behind this work, you might want to look up Paolo Veronese.

The story of this work

Overview

Portrait of a Young Man Wearing Lynx Fur, Gentleman with a Lynx Pelt or Portrait of a Man is a 1560 painting by Paolo Veronese, produced during his stay in Rome and showing similarities to his Baptism of Christ (Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Brunswick) and The Anointing of David (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). It is now in the Museum of Fine Arts, in Budapest.

Read the full account in the museum source.

Source: wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the artist

Portrait of Paolo Veronese
Artist

Paolo Veronese

Paolo Caliari (1528 – 19 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese ( VERR-ə-NAY-zay, -⁠zee, US also -⁠see; Italian: ), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of…

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