# Portrait of a Physician [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GALIZIA, Fede]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 54 x 42 cm ## Commentary The identity of the sitter is not known, however, the attribute of a skull, polished and shiny due to its handling by doctors, is sufficient to unequivocally identify the sitter's profession. Typical of Milanese painting during the time of Cardinal Federico Borromeo, the conventional compositional approach, including the elegant pose and the subtle idealization that lends the sitter an expression of great dignity and nobility, sets this canvas apart from Galizia's earliest known portraits, defined by a greater descriptive naturalism. ## Related artworks - [Cherries in a Silver Compote]() - [Judith with the Head of Holofernes]() - [Maiolica Basket of Fruit]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Portrait of Federico Zuccari]() - [Portrait of Paolo Morigia \(detail\)]() - [Portrait of Paolo Morigia]() - [Still-Life]() - [Still-Life]() - [Still-Life]() - [Still-Life]() - [White Ceramic Bowl with Peaches and Red and Blue Plums]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()