Lithographic print of painting by Titian entitled Portrait of a Man, originally painted 1518 (c.1514-18)
Acquirer Charles II (1630-85). Among the pictures presented to Charles II in 1660 by the States of Holland and West Friesland.Oil on canvas. Dated variously as from 1511 to early 1520s, the vestments and hairstyle worn by the sitter would indicate a date closer to 1513. Although the sitter is unknown, the pose with his finger marking a page in the book, suggests a writer or humanist the most likely of whom being the Neapolitan poet Jacopo Sannazaro (1458-1530) and is listed as such in The Queen's Collection.
Print size inches: 7.7 x 9.3