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| Keywords: German - Portrait of a Scholar or Preacher - Walters 37249.jpg The cap is of a type worn by scholars and preachers among others and the small book that the sitter holds up could be a devotional work or if he is a scholar his own publication A fur-lined mantle was not a luxury houses were poorly heated in winter and everyone dressed warmly inside especially if seated for long periods The sitter's hand appears to be intentionally presented as deformed At this period deformities were generally viewed as a sign of divine disfavor The inclusion of this hand may be the sitter's way of signaling his acceptance of divine will 1529 Renaissance oil on panel cm 59 2 38 5 accession number 37 249 23499 Henry Walters Baltimore 1902 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1902 place of origin Saxony Germany Walters Art Museum license 2D 16th-century unidentified painters Renaissance portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum 16th-century portrait paintings of unidentified men 1529 1520s paintings from Germany 1529 paintings in the United States 1529 portrait paintings Male 16th-century men looking at viewer in art 16th-century oil on panel paintings in the United States 16th-century oil portraits of men at half length 1529 16th-century portrait paintings in the United States 1529 Males with black headwear in art Portrait paintings of men holding books 1529 Portrait paintings with blue background Fur fashion in 1529 | ||||
