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 to the 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 with a princely mitre on its head; the eagle bears trumpets coat of arms on its chest and holds two trumpets in its beak both in red fields, the upper one empty, the lower one possibly an axe. In its claws the eagle holds a white ribbon with a Latin inscription. Dated 1733–1737. Painting; height 110 cm, width 74 cm., A painted portrait of a bearded man shown from the chest up inside an oval wreath, wearing dark clothing with ornate gold trim and a long gray beard with a mustache; the wreath is brownish-gold and the background is a deep brown. The man has a pale skin tone and short dark hair with gray at the temples, and he wears a dark cloak or armor with decorative gold ropes and patterns. Below the portrait is a dark eagle-like emblem with a small shield and ornamental elements in muted blue, red, and gold, and a rolled parchment-like band beneath the emblem. The overall frame is a gold color and the image palette includes browns, blacks, grays, gold, muted blue, and muted red.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_431

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Rights managed

Available size

73.5Mb (3.5Mb) / 14.3in x 20.0in / 4282 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 princely mitre head eagle bears trumpets coat arms holds two trumpets beak red fields upper empty lower axe claws eagle holds white ribbon Latin inscription Dated 1733–1737 Painting height 110 cm width 74 cm painted portrait bearded man shown chest up inside oval wreath wearing dark clothing ornate gold trim long gray beard mustache wreath brownish-gold background deep brown man pale skin tone short dark hair gray temples wears dark cloak armor decorative gold ropes patterns portrait dark eagle- emblem small shield ornamental elements muted blue red gold rolled parchment- band beneath frame gold color image palette includes browns blacks grays muted red.