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Portrait of a man with moustache and long beard, Bindo Altoviti or Giovanni della Casa; nearly half-length to front, with head turned to look to left, his left hand resting on a book closed with two clasps, lying on a parapet; wearing a loose gown, and ring on the ring finger of his left hand; after a painting attributed to Paris Bordon
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Title: Portrait of a Man, Bindo Altoviti or Giovanni della Casa
Series/Portfolio: Italian portraits: Ten plates (New Hollstein 1042-1051)
Etcher:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
After Paris Bordon (Italian, Treviso 1500–1571 Venice)
Artist:
Formerly said to be after Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Pieve di Cadore ca. 1485/90?–1576 Venice)
Publisher:
Frans van den Wyngaerde (Flemish, Antwerp 1614–1679 Antwerp)
Sitter:
Said to portray Giovanni della Casa (Italian, 1503–1556)
Sitter:
May portray Bindo Altoviti (Italian, 1491–1556)
Date: 1649
Medium: Etching; first state of four (Pennington)
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 7 1/16 in. (25 × 18 cm) cut within platemark
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
Accession Number: 20.81.3.243
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