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Young Portugese

Date: 1634
Medium: Opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paper
Dimensions: 7 9/16 × 5 3/4 inches (19.21 × 14.61 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Robert H. Tannahill in memory of Dr. Wilhelm R. Valentiner
Object number: 58.334
A European youth reclines on two ornately embroidered cushions, one decorated with a flying bird among clouds, the other with a seated male figure who appears to gaze at the young European. The youth reclines in a garden landscape with gold grasses, an aspen tree at right and willow boughs at left. He wears a purple jacket with gold collar over a shirt with a soft draped scarf at the neck, green breeches, tan decorated leather boots and a wide brimmed hat with plumes. He holds a Chinese blue-and-white jug adorned with a heron in his right hand and a small cup in his left hand from which a small white and black dog laps wine. A half-filled wine glass is on the ground at the right.
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