Man Weighing Gold, ca. 1515–20, Oil on wood, 20 x 12 in. (50.8 x 30.5 cm), with added strips of 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm) at left and right, Paintings, Adriaen Isenbrant (Netherlandish, active by 1510–died 1551 Bruges), This portrait is among the first to depict a professional activity. Weighing gold coins while dressed in expensive fur, the sitter may have been one of the many merchants in Bruges who handled commodities, a money changer, or a banker, like Tommaso Portinari
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Man Weighing Gold, ca, 1515–20, Oil, wood, 20 x 12, 50.8 30.5 cm, added strips, 1 3/4, 4.5, left, right, Paintings, Adriaen Isenbrant, Netherlandish, active by, 1510–died, 1551, Bruges, portrait, first, depict, professional activity, Weighing gold, coins, dressed, expensive fur, sitter, merchants, handled commodities, money changer, banker, Tommaso Portinari
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