This work is entitled Portrait of a Scholar and comes from the workshop of Italian sculptor Guglielmo della Porta. The piece is part of the museum's permanent collection and was completed in the mid-1500s; it was originally part of a tomb. The man is obviously a scholar, but was he a gentleman too?
That's a beautiful piece of work and beautifully photographed..
ReplyDeleteThe craftsmanship of the sculptor is exquisitely done.
ReplyDeleteVery nice shot! I'd readily bet he's a gentleman. I don't suppose common folk were remembered in sculpture.
ReplyDeleteNice shot of this piece!
ReplyDeleteAnyone who can make a stone look like a pillow is a master sculptor.
ReplyDeleteAgreed!
DeleteYou would have to ask his wife.
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic! Nice capture!
ReplyDeleteI guess the secret lies with him, amazing sculpture though.
ReplyDeleteIndeed all craftsmen of those days let it look as if creating a sculpture of stone is nothing more than just a painless effort.
ReplyDeleteI suppose we'll never know. But the person who created this was definitely an artist.
ReplyDeleteLooks really a gentleman of the old school.
ReplyDeleteJa, ein Gelehrter bestimmt, ob Gentleman das weiß ich leider nicht.
ReplyDeleteDas Bode Museum ist eine wahre Schatztruhe.
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We might never know for sure! Wonderful statue.
ReplyDeleteIt is going to be hard to prove either way, so I will go with, yes, a gentleman, and let someone else disprove it.
ReplyDeleteLooks very scholarly. Tom The Backroads Traveller
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful sculpture and we shall never know the answer to your question...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful piece of art!
ReplyDeleteIt's incredible how old it is!
ReplyDeleteI'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Yep, a scholar and a gentleman.
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