Shown from the chest up, a clean-shaven, pale-skinned man holds one hand to his chest and rests the other on a rug-covered ledge with the other in this vertical portrait painting. The man’s body is angled to our left, and he looks down in that direction with dark eyes under thick brows. Crow’s feet crinkle at the corners of his eyes, and there are dark hollows underneath. Soft jowls hang to create a slight double chin. His thin lips are set in a line over a wide, round chin, which is darkened with a five o’clock shadow. He has chin-length, reddish-blond hair, and straight, wispy bangs sweep…
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Portrait of Diego de Guevara (?)

painter Michel Sittow (Netherlandish, c. 1469 - 1525)

c. 1515/1518

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 33.6 x 23.7 cm (13 1/4 x 9 5/16 in.) ; framed: 54.9 x 46.3 cm (21 5/8 x 18 1/4 in.)
Culture
Netherlandish
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-R
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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