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Portrait of a man (Etienne Delafons?)
This example suggests that the display of Greek letters can be meaningful even if the words are not. The scroll on the table prominently displays a text written in Greek-style letters, but they do not convey any meaning. Given the artist's connection with the Jansenist circles of Port-Royal, the choice to include Greek letters has a cultural significance in itself, and can even be seen as provocat…
Creator
- http://viaf.org/viaf/22213267
- Catherine de' Medici
Subject
- Portrait of a man
- Baroque painting
- Portrait of a Man
- Baroque painting
- Baroque painting
Date
- ca. 1650
- 1650~
Medium
- Oil on Canvas
Creator
- http://viaf.org/viaf/22213267
- Catherine de' Medici
Subject
- Portrait of a man
- Baroque painting
- Portrait of a Man
- Baroque painting
- Baroque painting
Date
- ca. 1650
- 1650~
Medium
- Oil on Canvas
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
- MUSEU_HUB
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Temporal
- 17th century
- 17th century
Places
- Musée du Louvre
Provenance
- Paris, Musée du Louvre
Identifier
- Inv. RF 2036
- 043_Id_18
Format
- Painting
Language
- Greek
- ell
Is part of
- GrECI
Providing country
- Cyprus
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2024-08-20T17:10:31.396Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-08-20T17:10:31.396Z