1570 (ca.), Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), Portrait of a Venetian Admiral -- Uffizi Gallery (Florence)
From the museum label: The middle-aged man wears a crimson tunic painted with broad brushstrokes - suggesting the consistency of velvet - typical of Tintoretto's mature style. The window, source of light for the portrait, gives onto a seascape: this detail, in conjunction with the armour and the helmet the man is resting the hand on, has suggested that the sitter may be one of a number of leading players in the Venetian Republic's maritime affairs, for instance Sebastiano Venier or Agostino Barbarigo, or even the commander of the fortress of Souda.
1570 (ca.), Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), Portrait of a Venetian Admiral -- Uffizi Gallery (Florence)
From the museum label: The middle-aged man wears a crimson tunic painted with broad brushstrokes - suggesting the consistency of velvet - typical of Tintoretto's mature style. The window, source of light for the portrait, gives onto a seascape: this detail, in conjunction with the armour and the helmet the man is resting the hand on, has suggested that the sitter may be one of a number of leading players in the Venetian Republic's maritime affairs, for instance Sebastiano Venier or Agostino Barbarigo, or even the commander of the fortress of Souda.