. Valuable paintings by the old masters of the northern and southern schools. No. 30PORTRAIT OF A MAN BY GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI Italian (Bergamo, Venetian Territory): About 1520—1578 No. 30—PORTRAIT OF A MAN (Canvas) Height, 31 ( | inches; width, 29^ inches Against a dark golden-brown background, the half-length figure of a man of middle age is depicted, three-quarters to the left, while his eyes gaze to the hands are shown near the bottom of the canvas;the right holding a gray Leather, cuffed glove. The in-ternal between them and the head is occupied with
. Valuable paintings by the old masters of the northern and southern schools. No. 30PORTRAIT OF A MAN BY GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI Italian (Bergamo, Venetian Territory): About 1520—1578 No. 30—PORTRAIT OF A MAN (Canvas) Height, 31 ( | inches; width, 29^ inches Against a dark golden-brown background, the half-length figure of a man of middle age is depicted, three-quarters to the left, while his eyes gaze to the hands are shown near the bottom of the canvas;the right holding a gray Leather, cuffed glove. The in-ternal between them and the head is occupied with theblack masses of the costume, which consists of a cloakand a tunic, buttoned up to the throat, where the gravityof effect is relieved by a delicate white ruff. The sub-jects dark-brown hair grows in a little point over theforehead. The face is of brownish hue, rather rugged,with brown eyes, deeply set and fringed with wrinkles;a long, somewhat aquiline nose; and a mustache andpointed beard, a little lighter than the hair of the No. 31 MADONNA AND CHILD WITHS. JOHN AND CHERUBS BY LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER LUCAS CRANACH THE ELDER German (Saxon School) : 1472—1553 No. 31—MADONNA AND CHILD WITH S. JOHN AND CHERUBS (Canvas—transferred from Panel)Height, 46^j inches; width, 32 |j inches Three cherubs with blue-green wings, floating against anolive background, suspend a crimson velvet dossal overthe sacred group. Madonna is seated, facing three-quar-ters to the left, with her arms tenderly encircling theChrist as He stands on her lap, offering an apple to theinfant S. John, who looks up lovingly while resting ahand on a lambs head. The Virgins yellow hair, smoothover the head and falling in ringlets upon the shoulder,is covered with a transparent veil that reaches down tothe almond-shaped brown eyes, which are looking out ofthe picture. She is clad in a blue robe that reveals aglimpse of filmy material at the neck. Signed at the upper right with the winged serpentand
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