Bartolomeo Veneto
Portrait of a Man

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Artist Bartolomeo Veneto (Italian (Venetian), active 1502–1531, died 1531)Italian (Venetian), active 1502–1531, died 1531

CultureItalian

Titles

Portrait of a Man

Datepossibly 1512

PlaceItaly

MediumOil on wood

DimensionsPanel: 27 7/8 × 20 1/2 in. (70.8 × 52.1 cm)
Frame: 36 3/8 × 29 3/8 × 3 in. (92.4 × 74.6 × 7.6 cm)

Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection

Object number44.573

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

206 Cooper/Riley Gallery

On view

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Special Collections

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceCasa del Mayno collection, Milan, early 19th century; Collection of Sir George Lindsay Holford, Westonbirt, Gloucestershire, before 1927; [Thomas Agnew and Sons, New York, London, July 15, 1927, cat. no. 128]; Collection of Mrs. Edwin S. Bayer, Comtesse Sala, possibly 1927; [Arnold Seligmann, Rey and Company, Inc., New York, May 19, 1933]; Percy S. Straus, New York, June 27, 1933; bequeathed to MFAH, 1944.
Exhibition History"Exhibition of Old Masters," Burlington House, London, 1893.

"Early Italian Art from 1300-1550," The New Gallery, London, 1893–1894.

"Collection of Pictures of the Early Venetian School," Burlington Fine Arts Club, London 1912.

"Pictures and Other Objects of Art Selected from the Collection of Mr. Robert Holford," Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1921–1922.

"Paintings by Old Masters of the Venetian School," Thomas Agnew and Sons, Inc., New York, November 21–December 31, 1927.

"Exhibition of Italian Primitives," M. Knoedler and Company, New York, 1929.

"Masterpieces of Art," New York World's Fair, 1939.

"Paintings from American Museums, 1976 U.S.S.R. Exchange," State Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, February 11–March 24, 1976; State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, April 8–May 20, 1976; State Museum of Ukrainian Art, Kiev, Ukraine, June 3–July 15, 1976; Belorussian State Museum of Fine Arts, Minsk, Belarus, July 30–September 10, 1976.

“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13–May 30, 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Japan, June 5–July 11, 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17–August 22, 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, August 27–October 3, 1999.

"The Portraits of Bartolomeo Veneto," Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, May 4–August 11, 2002.

"Passion for Perfection: The Straus Collection of Renaissance Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 21, 2017–June 17, 2018.

"New Light on Old Masters: European Art from Houston Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 2, 2021–January 23, 2022.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto, LC, on slip of white paper painted into composition. Date illegible.

Verso of frame, exhibition label:
"Masterpieces of Art/Exhibition at the New York World's Fair 1939 / Name of Artist: Bartolomeo Veneto / Name of Painting: Portrait of a Young Man / Owner: Mr. Percy S. Straus / Return to Percy S. Straus / 875 Park Avenue / NYC / Catalogue no. / Art Associates, Inc., Street of Wheels, New York World's Fair, NY."

Verso of frame printed label with handwritten additions: 739 / Thermo Lignum / This object has been treated with the patented / environmentally friendly THERMO LIGNUM / process. / We guarentee that it has been completely / freed from infestations without the use of / chemicals. / Date: 22, Nov '99 Inv.# 875 / Picture frame, / gilded / For and on behalf of Thermo Lignum UK Ltd

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