I created this video that compiles male portraits by Old Masters after I noticed the prevalence of huge proboscis in many of the men portrayed.
Coincidence? Different standards of male beauty? ... Different diet?
You decide.
Enjoy! :)
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IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
- Jean Perreal (c. 1455 - 1530) Portrait of Francis I
- Jan Gossaert (c. 1478 – 1532) Portrait of a Man at Prayer
- Rogier van der Weyden (c. 1399 - 1464) Portrait of Francesco d'Este
- Anthony van Dyck (1599 – 1641) Portrait of Gaston of France, Duke of Orléans
- Peter Lely (1618 - 1680) Portrait of Prince Rupert of the Rhine
- Rueland Frueauf the Elder (c. 1440 - 1507)Portrait of Jobst Seyfried
- Jan van Scorel (1495 - 1562) Portrait of a Man
- Antonello da Messina (1456 - 1479) Portrait of Young Gentleman
- François Clouet (c. 1510 – 1572) Portrait of Henry II of France
- Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639 - 1709) Portrait of Cardinal Leopoldo de Medici
- Agnolo di Cosimo Workshop Portrait of Lorenzo de Medici (1555-1565)
- Flemish School Portrait of a Young Man at Prayer c. 1480
- Workshop of Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen Portrait of Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen c. 1533
- Raphaël (1483 - 1520) Portrait de Laurent de Médicis, duc d’Urbino
- Michael Ostendorfer Self-Portrait (1490 - 1559)
- Dumonstier Family Artist Portrait of François de Montmorency-Lux Count Bouteville c.1615
- Jan Mostaert (c. 1475 – 1555/1556) Portrait of an Unknown Man
- Jean Etienne Liotard (1702–1789) Portrait of Count Wenzel Anton Kaunitz
- François Ie Clouet (1480 - 1541) Portrait of Francis I of France
- Joseph-Siffred Duplessis (1725 - 1802) Portrait of Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre
- Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 - 1543) Portrait of Sir John Godsalve
- Sebastiano del Piombo (1485 - 1574) Portrait of Giulio de Medici, Pope Clement VII
- François Clouet (1510 - 1572) Portrait of Francis I of Cleves
- Jan Mostaert (c. 1475 – 1555/1556) Portrait of a Man
- French School Portrait of Louis XI, King of France c. 1470
- Ambrosius Benson (c. 1495-1550) Portrait of a Gentleman
- Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 - 1543) Portrait of Duke Antony the Good of Lorraine
- Unknown Painter Portrait of William III c. 1690
- Hans Holbein the Younger (1497 - 1543) Portrait of Sir Thomas More
- Henry Gascars (1635 - 1701) Portrait of James Stuart Duke of York
- North Italian School Portrait of a Man holding a Compass 18th Century
- Hans Memlinc (c. 1433 - 1494) Portrait of a Man
- Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called il Guercino (1591 – 1666) Portrait of Cardinal Bernardino Spada
- Hans Holbein The Younger (1497/1498 - 1543) Portrait of Sir Richard Southwell
- Follower of Jan van Scorel Portrait of A Man with a Pansy and a Skull c. 1535
- Petrus Christus (c. 1420 - c. 1475) Portrait of a Cartusian