This painting shows a man from the legs up, his body facing slightly to the left but his head turning to look at us. He has pale skin, ruddy cheeks, short, dark hair, a dark, curling mustache, a dark goatee, arched eyebrows, deep-set eyes, and thin lips set in a neutral expression. He wears a dark green smock with a white lace collar, and beneath that a white lacy garment over a dark green robe. He holds a black book in his left hand, and his right hand rests on a table next to him that is draped in red fabric. On the table appears to be a tall white hat with gold detailing. The background…
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Bishop Alvise Grimani

Bernardo Strozzi (Genoese-Venetian, 1581/1582 - 1644)

1633 or after

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 146.7 x 95.1 cm (57 3/4 x 37 7/16 in.) ; framed: 186.7 x 135.3 x 14.6 cm (73 1/2 x 53 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.)
Culture
Genoese-Venetian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-B
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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