Shown from the thighs up against a dark background, a man with light skin, wearing a black satin jerkin with puffed breeches, stands with his hand on the neck of a dog by his side in this vertical portrait painting. The man stands with his body angled to our right but looks at us from the corners of his dark eyes. His brows are subtly raised, and his cheeks are slightly sunken under high cheekbones. His red hair is cut short, and his red mustache and beard are trimmed. The high collar of his black jacket is lined with a white ruffle along his chin line. Light from our left glints off the…
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Portrait of a Gentleman

Antonis Mor (Netherlandish, 1519 - 1576)

1569

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 119.7 x 88.3 cm (47 1/8 x 34 3/4 in.)
Culture
North 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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