Title: Portrait of a Gentleman

Description: In the 1930s, this picture was thought to represent Christopher Columbus. It is now believed to show the navigator and explorer Sebastian Cabot on the basis of facial similarity with other portraits. Cabot led English sea expeditions. He may also have accompanied his father, John, on th...

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Main Author: Artist: Lotto, Lorenzo (Italian painter, ca. 1480-1556) Æ Attributed to
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Subject: portrait (Cabot
Sebastian ?)
Cabot
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=86913
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spelling ftvads:oai:vads.ac.uk-oai.vads.ac.uk:86913 2023-05-15T17:21:45+02:00 Title: Portrait of a Gentleman Artist: Lotto, Lorenzo (Italian painter, ca. 1480-1556) Æ Attributed to http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=86913 unknown http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=86913 Rights Owner: By kind permission of the Earl and Countess of Harewood and the Trustees of Harewood House Trust Author: Dr Phillippa Plock Subject: portrait (Cabot Sebastian ?) ftvads 2009-03-01T12:43:00Z Description: In the 1930s, this picture was thought to represent Christopher Columbus. It is now believed to show the navigator and explorer Sebastian Cabot on the basis of facial similarity with other portraits. Cabot led English sea expeditions. He may also have accompanied his father, John, on the historic voyage when he discovered Newfoundland. The Venetian painter of this work, Lorenzo Lotto, is known for his psychologically searching portraits, a quality evident here in the contemplative pose adopted by this gentleman. Lotto worked mostly for provincial patrons around Venice, but also travelled to Rome and North Italy. Other/Unknown Material Newfoundland VADS (Visual Arts Data Service - University for the Creative Arts, Farnham) Cabot ENVELOPE(-54.600,-54.600,-63.383,-63.383)
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topic Subject: portrait (Cabot
Sebastian ?)
spellingShingle Subject: portrait (Cabot
Sebastian ?)
Artist: Lotto, Lorenzo (Italian painter, ca. 1480-1556) Æ Attributed to
Title: Portrait of a Gentleman
topic_facet Subject: portrait (Cabot
Sebastian ?)
description Description: In the 1930s, this picture was thought to represent Christopher Columbus. It is now believed to show the navigator and explorer Sebastian Cabot on the basis of facial similarity with other portraits. Cabot led English sea expeditions. He may also have accompanied his father, John, on the historic voyage when he discovered Newfoundland. The Venetian painter of this work, Lorenzo Lotto, is known for his psychologically searching portraits, a quality evident here in the contemplative pose adopted by this gentleman. Lotto worked mostly for provincial patrons around Venice, but also travelled to Rome and North Italy.
author Artist: Lotto, Lorenzo (Italian painter, ca. 1480-1556) Æ Attributed to
author_facet Artist: Lotto, Lorenzo (Italian painter, ca. 1480-1556) Æ Attributed to
author_sort Artist: Lotto, Lorenzo (Italian painter, ca. 1480-1556) Æ Attributed to
title Title: Portrait of a Gentleman
title_short Title: Portrait of a Gentleman
title_full Title: Portrait of a Gentleman
title_fullStr Title: Portrait of a Gentleman
title_full_unstemmed Title: Portrait of a Gentleman
title_sort title: portrait of a gentleman
url http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=86913
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genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Author: Dr Phillippa Plock
op_relation http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=86913
op_rights Rights Owner: By kind permission of the Earl and Countess of Harewood and the Trustees of Harewood House Trust
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