Légende

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 3/4 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 buttons. Background in the oval is pink-grey, plain. 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; lower part where 19th-century repaintings remain brownish-reddish, smooth. Dated 1733–1737. Painting, 103 × 81.5 cm., A painted portrait of a man shown from the chest up within an oval frame, wearing a white fur-trimmed robe with dark feather-like markings and decorative buttons, a ruff collar, and a reddish garment visible beneath; he has a pale complexion, gray hair, a full gray beard and mustache, and a neutral facial expression while looking slightly to the viewer's left. The oval inner frame is brown with gold highlights set against a dark brown background, and a larger gold outer frame surrounds the whole image. At the lower part of the painting a dark-winged black bird motif partly covers a rectangular shield-like element with muted colors including black, brown, blue, and a touch of red, and two rolled parchment shapes in a golden-beige color appear below. Overall visible colors include brown, gold, white, black, gray, red, beige, and hints of blue.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A16_440

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

76.4Mo (3.3Mo) / 37.7cm x 50.8cm / 4450 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Portrait Nicholas III Radziwill Amor Poloniae ca 1470–1521 unknown Polish painter Oval portrait laurel wreath incorporated rectangle painting Within oval bust turned 3 4 left grey-haired man short hair beard mustache wearing red coat wide ermine fur collar fastened six rosette buttons Background pink-grey plain 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 lower part 19th-century repaintings remain brownish-reddish Dated 1733–1737 Painting painted portrait man shown chest up within oval frame white fur-trimmed robe dark feather- markings decorative buttons ruff collar reddish garment visible beneath pale complexion gray hair full gray beard neutral facial expression looking slightly viewer's left oval inner frame brown gold highlights set dark brown background larger gold outer frame surrounds whole image dark-winged black bird motif partly covers rectangular shield- element muted colors black blue touch red two rolled parchment shapes golden-beige color visible colors include gold white gray beige hints blue.