Macrino d'Alba
approximately 1470-approximately 1528.
Portrait of a Knight of Malta
Italy, 1499.
Tempura on panel.
panel: 15 1/8 x 11 1/4 inches (383 x 285 mm); framed: 33 7/8 x 23 7/8 inches (860 x 605 mm)
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Provenance
Alessandro Imbert, Rome; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
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Inscribed in border of panel, "MACRINI MANV POST FATA VIVAM. 1499" (By the hand of Macrino I shall live after death. 1499).
Summary
Portrait of the knight wearing a black outfit and black hat. He has a gold chain around his neck and the Malta cross in white pinned to his shirt.
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