This painting shows a man from the knees up, seated and facing slightly to the right. He has pale skin, short, curly dark hair, a thin moustache, and a goatee. His expression is neutral as he gazes at us. He wears a dark red garment with voluminous sleeves, with a shining, polished gray breastplate over it. Draped over his shoulder and around his back is a light green cloak, and his legs also have silvery armor. In his left hand, he holds a long wooden staff. His other hand is raised, his fingers curled. He is positioned near a stone column or wall on the left, with a background on the right…
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Portrait of a Knight

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo (Brescian, c. 1480 - 1548 or after)

c. 1525

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 88.3 x 73.4 cm (34 3/4 x 28 7/8 in.) ; framed: 110.5 x 94.9 x 8.3 cm (43 1/2 x 37 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
Culture
Brescian
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
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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