The image depicts a full-length figure of a standing man. He is shown with one leg bent and the other extended, with his left hand across his chest and his right hand holding a scroll. The man has a rounded face with a prominent chin, high forehead, short curly hair, and wears a flowing garment. The background features a stone-like architectural frame with columns or decorative elements and an inscription in the top right corner that reads, "A-VITELLIVS. GERMAN. IMP. AVG.P.M.TR."
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The Emperor Aulus Vitellius

Paolo Farinati (Veronese, 1524 - 1606)

1565/1570

Medium
pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash heightened with white over black chalk on laid paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
overall (approximate): 39.8 × 25.8 cm (15 11/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Culture
Veronese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
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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