Man Weighing Gold, ca. 1515–20, Oil on wood, 20 x 12 in. ( x cm), with added strips of 1 3/4 in. ( cm) at left and

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Man Weighing Gold, ca. 1515–20, Oil on wood, 20 x 12 in. ( x cm), with added strips of 1 3/4 in. ( cm) at left and right, Paintings, Adriaen Isenbrant (Netherlandish, active by 1510–died 1551 Bruges), This portrait is among the first to depict a professional activity. Weighing gold coins while dressed in expensive fur, the sitter may have been one of the many merchants in Bruges who handled commodities, a money changer, or a banker, like Tommaso Portinari

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