Self-Portrait, c. 1740, Francesco de Mura, Italian, (Naples), 1696–1782, 51 x 40 in. ( x cm) (canvas)50 x 38 in. (127 x cm) (sight)59 3/4 × 48 7/8 in. ( × cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, Italy, 18th century, Francesco de Mura presents himself as a man of great elegance and high social standing. He is sumptuously dressed and surrounded by trappings of wealth and grandeur (billowing drapery, monumental column, marble-topped gilt table). His drawing tools are prominently displayed. Traditionally, the medium of drawing reveals the intellectual quality

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