Lot 296: Renaissance portrait of Girolamo, 1474-1555, Italy

Renaissance portrait of Girolamo dai Libri, 1474-1555, artist from Verona, Italy. Oil painting on the wooden board in oval carved wooden frame. At the back of the icon on the top same message is written in Latin:HIERONIMUS A LIBRIS PICT. MINATOR VER. At the back of the icon on the bottom is written:..no...libri tribu Veronese. Size of the icon without frame: 9 x 6.5 inches = 228 x 166 mm. Thickness of the board without frame: 6 mm; Weight of the icon without frame: 6 oz = 180 g; Weight of the icon with a frame: 1 lb 4 oz = 600 g; In the lower part of the painting it is written: "Hieronimus a Libris Pict. Minator Ver.",- that translated from Latin means: "Girolamo Dai Libri Painter Illuminator from Verona". Yes, Girolamo was a great painter and illustrator of illuminated books. In the back, it is written the same thing in the higher part; the reading of the lower part is difficult, because partly washed away, but it seems that somebody has repeated the previous capital inscription in italic type: "mani" - is probably the final part of word (Hiero)nimi Libri ... Veronese (that means from the town of Verona). The half word "tribu" is hard to understand because not complete.rnYes, Hieronimus is the Latin name for Girolamo.

1474-1555

cleaned and covered with varnish/lacquer. Back of the icon is planed (shaved) manually.