Caption

Portrait of George I Radziwill ca. 1480–1541, unknown Polish painter. Oval portrait with a laurel wreath incorporated into the painting's rectangle. Within the oval: bust, turned slightly left, of a slim, grey-haired man with short hair, a drooping mustache and a beard divided into two parts, wearing black plate armor with decorative shoulder straps and a gold chain across the right shoulder and chest. Brown-gray smooth oval background. The portrait rests on the back of a black eagle wearing a princely mitre, with a coat of arms on its chest and two trumpets in its beak both on red fields; upper one empty, lower one possibly an axe; in its claws it holds a white ribbon with a Latin inscription. Dated 1733–1737. Painting, 110 × 74 cm., A painted portrait of a man shown from the chest up inside an oval wreath with golden and brown tones; he has a long grey beard and mustache, light skin, short hair, and a solemn expression, wearing dark clothing with ornate gold trim and a braided gold cord across his chest; below the portrait is a depiction of a dark bird with outstretched wings holding a decorative shield with blue and gold elements and a few round ornaments, and there are rolled scroll shapes beneath the bird. The dominant colors visible are dark brown, black, gold, grey, blue, and muted red.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_430

License type

Rights managed

Available size

71.7Mb (3.0Mb) / 13.9in x 20.0in / 4177 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait George I Radziwill ca 1480–1541 unknown Polish painter Oval portrait laurel wreath incorporated painting's rectangle Within oval bust turned slightly left slim grey-haired man short hair drooping mustache beard divided two parts wearing black plate armor decorative shoulder straps gold chain across right shoulder chest Brown-gray smooth oval background portrait rests back black eagle wearing princely mitre coat arms two trumpets beak red fields upper empty lower axe claws holds white ribbon Latin inscription Dated 1733–1737 Painting painted portrait man shown chest up inside oval wreath golden brown tones long grey beard mustache light skin solemn expression wearing dark clothing ornate gold trim braided gold cord across portrait depiction dark bird outstretched wings holding decorative shield blue gold elements round ornaments rolled scroll shapes beneath bird dominant colors visible dark brown black gold grey muted red.