Portrait of an old man
 

Hello!
A small introduction.
Purchased the old picture (landscape ) without moldings , took her to an artist friend to clean up ( clean ) , to our surprise found a canvas under another painting , here is this old man.
No inscriptions , oil on canvas , maslo.Razmer 63h47 , 5.Holst was in a terrible state , breakthroughs in several places, the dirt may not have been something to consider.
After a little cosmetic repair the old man 's got such a form. According to an acquaintance of the artist, is a sketch for the painting , about 18-19 century.
Please help me identify who this old man who reads , who can
 saw his picture in the other pictures? And why hide it under a different cloth ? Your assumptions !

Your friend is wrong, and about the artist sketch for the painting and about a century.

Let's say that he is not denying oshibaetsya.Ya.

And who is this old man, in your opinion?

Amateur picture without composition, color and shadow.

Trash!

What we can say now after such a massive intervention?

Molevich,

Toinen, thanks for your assessment, but I'm not interested in the quality of this work and how it interfered with the large scale restoration.
I just asked to help determine who might be reading this old man and not seen a picture of his other works.

Most likely, depicts St.
Jerome (Saint Jerome, 347 - 420), translator of the Bible into Latin.


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This inhibits the twitter page, and generally annoying.

Amateur, thank you very much for your answer tomorrow'll find information about it.
I managed only a cursory read on the internet, that image of the Saint.
Jerome was a favorite with Ribera.
According to the latest catalog of his work, he wrote the holy forty-four times.
Thank you again!

Original? ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2932156...6/3286987016 / ...

Elders are multiplying!
They have two ...
Where are the others?
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Us-tin, Thank you very much for the link, 100%original.Ostaetsya only to find out who he is, the monk?

Us-tin, BRAVO!


In comparison,

I think - no, just reading a monk with no name.

This one, if he were not a monk, could be a great-great-great-grandfather .... you

Yes, you have just a detective story <! - ~ 1 ~ ->.
It may well be someone from the rich in times of dashing hid it from the greedy eyes, and this thing can be very expensive.
Good luck in your search for the author!
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Laura, Thank you!

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redbor, is possible!
and its meaning to "hide" under a different canvas?