Caption

Portrait of Nicholas IV Radziwill ca. 1496–1529/30, Bishop of Samogitia, unknown Polish painter. Oval portrait with a laurel wreath incorporated into the painting's rectangle. Within the oval: half-length, turned 3/4 to the left, a young clergyman in a finely gathered white robe alb?, with a lace stand-up collar and a red cloak with brown fur lining, wearing a round red hat with a wide fur rim. On the chest is a cross on a gold chain. Expressive, harmonious features, a hint of stubble above the mouth. The oval background: green-beige, smooth. The portrait rests on the back of a black eagle with spread wings, with a ducal mitre on its head, a crosier in its right paw, and the Traby coat of arms on its chest. In its beak it holds the Pólkozice Nasilowskie coat of arms, and in its left paw a white ribbon with a Latin inscription. The composition background is bluish-gray, smooth. On the face of the painting are numbers in white paint: bottom left 17, top right 191. Dated 1733–1737. Oil on panel, 110 x 75 cm., A painted portrait of a person shown from the torso up inside an oval frame, wearing a dark fur collar and a red robe with visible folds, a black wide-brimmed hat, and a pleated white garment beneath a decorative high collar; the person has pale skin, dark hair visible under the hat, neutral facial expression with dark eyes and reddish lips. The oval frame has a laurel-like pattern in brown and gold tones and sits against a dark olive-green background within a larger muted dark gray rectangular field. A gold chain with a pendant hangs over the white garment, and a black wing-like shape with a few small shield-like objects in red, blue, and gold appears near the lower edge of the oval. The painting is set in a simple gold-colored outer frame and includes areas of brown, black, red, olive green, white, gold, blue, and muted gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_435

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Keywords

Portrait Nicholas IV Radziwill ca 1496–1529 30 Bishop Samogitia unknown Polish painter Oval portrait laurel wreath incorporated painting's rectangle Within oval half-length turned 3 4 left young clergyman finely gathered white robe alb lace stand-up collar red cloak brown fur lining wearing round red hat wide fur rim chest cross gold chain Expressive harmonious features hint stubble mouth oval background green-beige smooth portrait rests back black eagle spread wings ducal mitre head crosier right paw Traby coat arms beak holds Pólkozice Nasilowskie coat left paw white ribbon Latin inscription composition background bluish-gray face painting numbers white paint bottom 17 top right 191 Dated 1733–1737 Oil panel painted portrait person shown torso up inside oval frame dark fur collar red robe visible folds black wide-brimmed hat pleated white garment beneath decorative high collar person pale skin dark hair visible under neutral facial expression dark eyes reddish lips laurel- pattern brown gold tones sits dark olive-green background within larger muted dark gray rectangular field pendant hangs white garment black wing- shape small shield- objects blue gold near lower edge set simple gold-colored outer frame includes areas black olive green white muted gray.