This painting depicts the upper body of a man with a fair complexion, short dark hair, a long nose, thin eyebrows, deep-set brown eyes, and thin pink lips in a neutral expression. He is facing us, wearing a black cap, a deep red cloak, and a white inner garment with a high black collar and long white sleeves. His right hand is raised to his chest, and it has two small rings on it. In the background, there is a landscape with bright green fields, green trees, and a winding blue river on the right. In the background there are distant blue hills, and some light blue structures resembling…
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Bishop Altobello Averoldo

painter Francesco Francia (Bolognese, c. 1450/1453 - 1517)

c. 1505

Medium
oil on poplar panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 52.8 × 40 cm (20 13/16 × 15 3/4 in.) ; overall (with unpainted edges): 54 × 40.8 cm (21 1/4 × 16 1/16 in.) ; framed: 73.34 × 60.64 × 5.4 cm (28 7/8 × 23 7/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
Culture
Bolognese
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
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