The painting shows a person sitting with their body slightly turned to the left and their head turned towards us. They have a fair complexion, with high cheekbones, a long nose, and thin pink lips in a neutral expression. They have short, light brown hair mostly covered by a dark hat with a white plume. The person wears a dark garment with puffed sleeves, a white collar, and a white strip on the chest. They rest their left hand on their knee while their right arm rests on a wooden surface next to them, their right hand holding a white cloth. In the bottom right corner, a small black book…
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Ugolino Martelli

painter Florentine 16th Century

mid 16th century

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 91.4 x 68 cm (36 x 26 3/4 in.) ; framed: 123.5 x 102.2 x 6.4 cm (48 5/8 x 40 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Culture
Florentine
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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