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  • A lavishly dressed, bearded, European gentleman holding up a letter in his left hand. He has a sword at his right side and is ignoring two dogs.
  • A lavishly dressed, bearded, European gentleman holding up a letter in his left hand. He has a sword at his right side and is ignoring two dogs.
  • A lavishly dressed, bearded, European gentleman holding up a letter in his left hand. He has a sword at his right side and is ignoring two dogs.

Bartolomeo Passarotti

Portrait of a Cavalier with His Hunting Dogs
Now On View

Maker

Bartolomeo Passarotti (Italian, 1529-1592)

Title

Portrait of a Cavalier with His Hunting Dogs

Year

ca. 1570-1580

Medium

  • Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Oil on canvas

Materials

oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Geography

Place Made: Italy

Dimensions

197.5 x 114.9 cm (77 3/4 x 45 1/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Corporate Membership Fund

Object Number

62.064

Type

  • Paintings

Exhibition History

Raid the Icebox Now with Nicole Eisenman
Tonight We Are Going Out And We Are All Getting Hammered
Nov 01, 2019 – May 01, 2021
European Galleries
Sep 02, 2017

Label copy

This portrait is believed to depict 23-year-old Marchese Hercolani, a nobleman from Bologna, Italy. Posing with his Persian greyhounds, he holds a letter from an admirer that expresses gratitude to his “magnificent excellency.” His high social position is proclaimed by his clothing, which includes a padded doublet and slashed breeches over stockings tied with silk garters. He personifies the ideal courtier, described in 1528 by Italian writer Baldassare Castiglione as a man who-in addition to being educated in poetry, philosophy, and other humanities subjects-possessed physical beauty, was skilled in the use of arms, and excelled as a horseman and hunter.

Intermission
Dec 16, 2016 – Jul 02, 2017
From the Reserve I
Paintings of Quality from the Museum's Collection
Apr 09, 1994 – Aug 03, 1994
Italian Painting
Treasures from the Permanent Collection
Apr 06, 1990 – Aug 25, 1990
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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Bartolomeo Passarotti (Italian, 1529-1592)
Portrait of a Cavalier with His Hunting Dogs, ca. 1570-1580
Oil on canvas
197.5 x 114.9 cm (77 3/4 x 45 1/4 inches)
Corporate Membership Fund 62.064

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