Caption

Portrait of Nicholas III Radziwill known as Amor Poloniae ca. 1470–1521, unknown Polish painter. Oval portrait with a laurel wreath incorporated into the rectangle of the painting. Within the oval: bust, turned three-quarters to the left, of a grey-haired man with short hair, beard and mustache, wearing a red coat with a wide ermine fur collar fastened with six rosette-shaped buttons. Background in the oval is plain pink-grey. In the upper left corner in white paint: N 190. Oval portrait rests on the back of a black eagle with spread wings, a princely mitre on its head and the Traby coat of arms on its chest. In its beak the eagle holds an illegible coat of arms three vertical signs on a blue field; in its talons a white ribbon with a Latin inscription. Background of the composition is gray-blue, smooth, becoming brownish-reddish in the lower part where 19th-century repaintings remain. Dated 1733–1737; painting; height 103 cm, width 81.5 cm., A painted portrait of a man shown from the waist up inside an oval frame, wearing a white fur-trimmed cloak with dark spots and ornamental buttons, a ruffled collar, and a grey beard and mustache; his face has a pale complexion with reddish cheeks and he has closely cropped hair. The oval frame is brown and gold, set against a dark brown background. Below the portrait there is a dark panel with a black two-headed eagle or bird motif and a ribbon-like scroll in a beige or tan color. Visible colors include brown, gold, white, black, grey, beige, pale pink, red, and muted green.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_439

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74.4Mb (4.3Mb) / 14.4in x 20.0in / 4332 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Nicholas III Radziwill Amor Poloniae ca 1470–1521 unknown Polish painter Oval portrait laurel wreath incorporated rectangle painting Within oval bust turned three-quarters left grey-haired man short hair beard mustache wearing red coat wide ermine fur collar fastened six rosette-shaped buttons Background plain pink-grey upper corner white paint N 190 Oval portrait rests back black eagle spread wings princely mitre head Traby coat arms chest beak eagle holds illegible coat arms three vertical signs blue field talons white ribbon Latin inscription composition gray-blue smooth becoming brownish-reddish lower part 19th-century repaintings remain Dated 1733–1737 height 103 cm width 81.5 cm painted portrait man shown waist up inside oval frame white fur-trimmed cloak dark spots ornamental buttons ruffled collar grey beard face pale complexion reddish cheeks closely cropped hair brown gold set dark brown background portrait dark panel black two-headed eagle bird motif ribbon- scroll beige tan color Visible colors include white black grey pale pink red muted green.