Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus (born about 1446, died 1506) by Sebastiano del Piombo (Sebastiano Luciani) — Sebastiano del Piombo (Sebastiano Luciani). Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus (born about 1446, died 1506), 1519. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus (born about 1446, died 1506)

by Sebastiano del Piombo (Sebastiano Luciani)

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Artist: Sebastiano del Piombo (Sebastiano Luciani) (Italian, Venice (?) 1485/86–1547 Rome)
Date: 1519
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 42 x 34 3/4 in. (106.7 x 88.3 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900
Accession no.: 00.18.2

Provenance

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