Titian - Portrait of a Man. Girolamo Fracastoro 1510-1576
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Portrait of a Man. Girolamo Fracastoro 1510-1576
92x72cm oil on canvas
National Gallery London, United Kingdom
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From National Gallery London:
Born in Verona, Fracastoro was a celebrated medical doctor, as well as an astronomer, mathematician and poet.
He acquired great fame for being the first to identify the disease syphilis. The painting of his spotted lynx coat is particularly arresting.