# Initial Q: Bust Portrait of a Man with an Open Book

- By: Cristoforo Cortese (Italian, active Venice, Italy 1390 - 1445)
- Date: early 15th century
- Medium: Tempera colors, pen and ink, and gold leaf
- Classification: Folio
- Dimensions: Leaf: 36.8 × 26 cm (14 1/2 × 10 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Italian
- Credit line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig XIV 8, fol. 172
- Museum: [J. Paul Getty Museum](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/105WFK)
- Rights: [CC0. Digital image courtesy of Getty's Open Content Program](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/7ee39103-f31b-4433-bcef-18a207283e97/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)