Lodovico Martinengo

1530 - The fragmentary letters of the inscription have been thought in the past to give the date 16 June 1530. But the costume is of a later date, and this would suggest that the date ought to be read as MDXXXXVI spread over two lines (i.e. 1546). [1]

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Artist

Bartolomeo Veneto

Date

1530 - The fragmentary letters of the inscription have been thought in the past to give the date 16 June 1530. But the costume is of a later date, and this would suggest that the date ought to be read as MDXXXXVI spread over two lines (i.e. 1546). [1]

Collection

National Gallery London (via Wikimedia Commons)

Credit

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