TIZIANO VECELLIO (TITIAN) (1489-1576) A MAN WITH A RED CAP Canvas, 263/4 inches by 31 inches

FACING to the front, with his head turned slightly to the left, wearing a dark cloak trimmed with gray fur, showing underneath it a yellow tunic and a white linen shirt, a red slashed cap on his head, his left hand, which is gloved, holds the hilt of his sword. On an old label which had been taken from the back of the picture, appears the following inscription, "Undoubtedly The Portrait of Lorentius de Medicis just escaped from assassination at the time his brother was killed. See Biographical Dictionary, and the Medallion to the Preface of his life." Exhibited at the Grafton Gallery, 1909-10. Reproduced by I.J. Waddington Limited, in Arundel Club Portfolio, 1906, No. 16. Reproduced in color by the Medici Society. Mentioned in Chas, Rickett's "Titian, " pp. 45-46 (Plate XVIII.). Illustrated in Christie's Catalogue of Important Pictures by Old Masters, June 26, 1914. From the Collection of Arthur M. Grenfell. " " " " Sir Hugh Lane. 69 GN