Evaluation by professor from the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, Associate Professor, Renaissance Art History, Cornell University Dr. Helena Szepe, PhD : Genuine portrait of Girolamo dai Libri from 1500's (16th century). 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. Yes, Hieronimus is the Latin name for Girolamo.Condition cleaned and covered with varnish/lacquer. Back of the icon is planed (shaved) manually.Low Estimate: 100000;High Estimate: 200000;Original: Yes;
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