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An elderly man in a lynx-lined jacket looks up from the large book he has been reading. He sits at a table covered with a Mamluk carpet, on which a gilded clock and two letters rest. The letters are both inscribed identically in Italian: ‘To the most Reverend Monsignor Giuliano with the most honourable (dignified) office of apostolic protonotary directed to Borgo di Ognissanti, Padua.’ Protonotaries attend the pope in his ceremonial duties and witness papal bulls (a type of public decree issued by a pope). Clocks were relatively rare in sixteenth-century Venetian households. The clock appears to have been an addition as it is painted over a bell. It was probably included simply as a luxury item, although it would also have brought to mind the passing of time.
Title
The Protonotary Giovanni Giuliano (Zuan Zulian)
Date
about 1530-40
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 97.5 x W 75.5 cm
Accession number
NG1105
Acquisition method
Bought, 1881
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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