Artwork
Portret de nobil cu platoșă
Portret de nobil cu platoșă is an unspecified painting by the Baroque artist Hugo Kołłątaj. It is held in the collection of the National Museum of Art of Romania. This portrait depicts a nobleman dressed in elaborate attire, featuring a metal breastplate worn over clothing.
About this work
Overview
This portrait depicts a nobleman dressed in elaborate attire, featuring a metal breastplate worn over clothing.
Subject & Meaning
The nobleman's hand rests on the hilt of a sword, while the breastplate, although gleaming, appears too small to fit properly, suggesting a deliberate stylistic choice.
Technique & Style
The contrast between the shiny armor and dark clothing is a notable aspect of the composition, reflecting a 16th-century fashion trend that blended armor with formal wear, sometimes with humorous intent.
History & Provenance
The painting is housed at the Museum of Ethnography, where it can be viewed in person.
Artist & collection
Artist
This Polish folk painter worked in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, creating religious scenes with bold colors and simple shapes.
Alexandru Ipsilanti
Fecioara Maria cu Pruncul Isus (în Reg. Inv.: Maria cu copilul Isus)
Regele Charles I Stuart al Angliei și soția sa Henrietta Maria de Franța (în Reg. Inv.: Carol I al Angliei și soția sa Henriette din Franța)
Sfântul Haralambie cu alți doi sfinți
Portret de bărbat
Sfântul Gheorghe
Vertumnus și Pomona (în Reg. Inv.: Vertumnus și Flora)
Iarnă
Portrait of Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich (copy)
Bildnis eines jungen Fürsten
Carl Piper, 1647-1716, greve
Prins Carl af Hessen Homburgh
Portrait of Michał IV Antoni Radziwiłł (1687–1721)
Großherzog Cosimo III. (1642-1723) von Toskana im Alter von etwa acht Jahren, Brustbild
Bildnis eines Herren
Portrait of a Nobleman in Armour
Louis de Lorraine, Count of Armagnac (1641-1718)
Portrait of Léopold Clément (1707-1723), Hereditary Prince of Lorraine
Portrait of G.D.Stroganov
Arent van der Houven