This painting depicts two people, an adult man and a young boy. The man is seen from the knees up, standing with one arm on a table and the other on his hip. He has light skin, light green eyes, a brown beard and mustache, and dark hair under a black cap. He is wearing a bright red jacket with several buttons down the front, which is open to reveal a white garment with several pleats and folds. The boy, who has short brown hair and fair skin, leans against the man's leg, tying a bow on the white garment and looking over his shoulder at us. He wears a yellow outfit with subtle white stripes.…
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Alessandro Alberti with a Page

painter North Italian 16th Century

Possibly painter Gian Paolo Pace (Venetian, 1528 - 1560)

possibly 1544/1545

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 124.2 x 102.7 cm (48 7/8 x 40 7/16 in.) ; framed: 163.5 x 141.9 x 8.6 cm (64 3/8 x 55 7/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Culture
Italian
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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