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| Keywords: Italian - Portrait of an Architect and Sculptor - Walters 371009.jpg The unidentified sitter presents himself as a sculptor by the stylus for sculpting clay in his right hand and as an architect by the compass and architectural drawing on the table Behind him is a statue of Roma the female personification of the city of Rome while through the window a segment of the Triumphal Arch built for Emperor Constantine is visible The portrait expresses the reverence for the sculpture and architecture of ancient Rome that characterized the age of Neoclassicism The lifted serene gaze and illuminated face framed by the white wig suggest that the architect's art is inspired guided by the examples of classical antiquity Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 423 533 ca 1750 1775 Baroque Oil on canvas Painted surface cm 98 4 74 6 accession number 37 1009 23237 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquistion unknown 1897 catalogue no 527 as A R Mengs Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D 18th-century portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1750> 18th-century portrait paintings of unidentified men 1750> 18th-century oil portraits of sitting men at half length 1750> Black and white reproductions of portrait paintings in color 1750> Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
