French 16th Century

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Shown from the chest up, a pale-skinned man wearing a ruffled collar and ornately decorated doublet looks at us from the corners of his eyes in this vertical portrait painting. His shoulders and face angle to our left, but he gazes steadily our way with bright blue eyes under low, thin brows. He has a straight nose with a rounded tip, and his coral-pink lips are closed under a faint suggestion of a mustache and perhaps a beard. His short brown hair is brushed back from his high forehead, and his white collar curls in figure eights high along his chin and up the back of his neck. His doublet is brown patterned with gold horizontal stripes lined with silver zig-zags. Flower-shaped buttons lead down the front of his doublet from a high collar, and a long gold chain falls out of view below the bottom edge of the painting. His ivory-white sleeves have slashes in rows of alternating diagonals separated by gold embroidery. The background is dark ash brown.
French 16th Century, Portrait of a Nobleman, c. 1570, oil on fir or pine, Chester Dale Collection, 1942.16.1

Portrait of a Nobleman

French 16th Century · c. 1570 · oil on fir or pine ·  Accession ID  1942.16.1

French 16th Century, Walnut Table with Lion Sphinxes, second half 16th century, walnut, Widener Collection, 1942.9.373

Walnut Table with Lion Sphinxes

French 16th Century · second half 16th century · walnut ·  Accession ID  1942.9.373

French 16th Century, Candlestick, c. 1547/1559, lead-glazed fine earthenware, Widener Collection, 1942.9.352

Candlestick

French 16th Century · c. 1547/1559 · lead-glazed fine earthenware ·  Accession ID  1942.9.352

French 16th Century, Cup on high foot with the royal arms of France crowned, c. 1540/1560, lead-glazed fine earthenware, Widener Collection, 1942.9.351

Cup on high foot with the royal arms of France crowned

French 16th Century · c. 1540/1560 · lead-glazed fine earthenware ·  Accession ID  1942.9.351

French 16th Century, Salt, c. 1540/1560, lead-glazed fine earthenware, Widener Collection, 1942.9.353

Salt

French 16th Century · c. 1540/1560 · lead-glazed fine earthenware ·  Accession ID  1942.9.353

French 16th Century, Hat-Badge with Apollo and Marsyas (or possibly Orpheus), mid 16th century, enamel on copper, Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin in honor of Nicholas Penny and Mary Wall, 2007.150.3

Hat-Badge with Apollo and Marsyas (or possibly Orpheus)

French 16th Century · mid 16th century · enamel on copper ·  Accession ID  2007.150.3

French 16th Century, Louis XII, 1462-1515, King of France 1498, 1500, bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.1124

Louis XII, 1462-1515, King of France 1498

French 16th Century · 1500 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.1124

French 16th Century, A Decorative Plaque, 16th century, gilded bronze, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1957.14.555

A Decorative Plaque

French 16th Century · 16th century · gilded bronze ·  Accession ID  1957.14.555

French 16th Century, French 17th Century, Henri IV, 1553-1610, King of France 1589, c. 1590/1610, gilded bronze, Gift of Lisa Unger Baskin, 2001.131.1

Henri IV, 1553-1610, King of France 1589

French 16th Century, French 17th Century · c. 1590/1610 · gilded bronze ·  Accession ID  2001.131.1

French 16th Century, German 16th Century, Netherlandish 16th Century, Decollation of the Baptist, c. 1585, bronze, Gift of Lisa and Leonard Baskin, 1995.27.5

Decollation of the Baptist

French 16th Century, German 16th Century, Netherlandish 16th Century · c. 1585 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1995.27.5