Shown from the waist up, an older, pale-skinned man wearing clerical robes gestures to our right with one hand and turns his head to look off to our left in this vertical portrait painting. His shoulders angle to our right, and that arm hangs by his side. His other arm is bent at the elbow, and the hand is held palm up so the fingers loosely point to our right. His gaunt face turns to our left, and he looks off with dark, deep-set eyes under heavy, curved brows. He has a high forehead, a long, thin, hooked nose, and hollow cheeks. His full, smoke-gray beard is painted with blended strokes so…
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Cardinal Pietro Bembo

painter Titian (Venetian, 1488/1490 - 1576)

1539/1540

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 94.5 x 76.5 cm (37 3/16 x 30 1/8 in.) ; framed: 124.6 x 106.7 x 11.4 cm (49 1/16 x 42 x 4 1/2 in.)
Culture
Venetian
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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