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A man carries a pink, or carnation, in his right hand. It was the custom for a bride to hide a pink in her clothes on her wedding day. Its presence here, along with the large blue and gold ring on the man’s left thumb, suggests that the portrait commemorates his marriage. Solario was from Milan though he also worked in Venice. Although the man’s identity is unknown, his outfit tells us he was a Venetian of high rank. The cap and stole – the piece of fabric folded across his chest – signified maturity in Venice. His tunic suggests he may have been a magistrate, as only members of one of the city’s councils were permitted to wear red. Venice in the 1490s was at the centre of innovations in portraiture thanks to the adoption of new techniques and ideas from contemporary Netherlandish painting.
Title
A Man with a Pink
Date
about 1495
Medium
Oil and egg on poplar
Measurements
H 49.5 x W 38.5 cm
Accession number
NG923
Acquisition method
Bought, 1875
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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