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| Keywords: Italian - Portrait of a Nobleman in Armor - Walters 27409.jpg conj or Spain This unidentified nobleman with a pointed beard in the Spanish fashion wears armor embellished with a Habsburg double-headed eagle indicating his allegiance to the dynasty and draped with a cloak in the Roman style The cloak is actually a lion skin alluding to Greco-Roman myths of Herakles/Hercules who wore the skin of a conquered lion and achieved divinity through Herculean acts of strength and virtue Habsburg symbolism frequently involves Hercules The role of the bust in this installation is that of an honored noble ancestor perhaps a grandfather ca 1570 1580 Renaissance cast bronze cm 44 5 accession number 27 409 2036 Arthur Sambon Paris Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Spain Walters Art Museum license Renaissance reliefs in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
