An Old Man Holding a Pilgrim Bottle

An Old Man Holding a Pilgrim Bottle

Artist: Pietro Bellotti (Italian, 1625 - 1700)

Original Dimensions: 44 1/4" x 36"

Location: National Gallery of Art, London

About Artwork: (Probably 1650s) "An elderly man, his face weathered by age and his clothes ragged and patched, leans on a crutch. He looks down towards a globe or sphere, on which a scene of a country inn at dusk is painted. In his right hand he holds an earthenware pilgrim-bottle or flask – such a bottle could be attached to the waist of a traveller or pilgrim by cords (visible here hanging along the left side of the flask’s belly). These types of bottles were produced across Europe and in widespread use during the seventeenth century. This painting has been in Britain since the early nineteenth century. It was long thought to be Spanish, but it is now considered to be north Italian. It has recently been attributed to Pietro Bellotti (1625–1700), a painter of portraits and character heads who also acted as the superintendent of the Gonzaga family’s art collections and galleries in Mantua. His work was popular with members of the Spanish court in Italy. This painting may have been made by Bellotti for a Spanish patron." - (National Gallery of Art, London)

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