# Portrait of a Procurator

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BELLUCCI, Antonio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellucci-antonio-rb76ce17ed54156>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

Formerly this large painting was attributed to Sebastiano Bombelli. It shows an unknown Venetian procurator, sumptuously dressed in precious, fur-trimmed crimson velvet, who seems to have just got up from the armchair behind him and is making a polite gesture towards a newly arrived guest. Further back, beyond the plinth of the column, a marble statue can be seen showing a woman presenting a ring. This is probably an allegorical representation of Marital Fidelity, whose presence could be explained by the reference to the unknown procurator&#39;s recent wedding.

## Related artworks

- [Antiochus and Stratonice \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellucci-antonio-rb76ce17ed54156/antiochus-and-stratonice-detail-re67f80b04076db>)
- [Antiochus and Stratonice](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellucci-antonio-rb76ce17ed54156/antiochus-and-stratonice-r9799c17b157992>)
- [Danaë](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellucci-antonio-rb76ce17ed54156/dana-rb9423f9d6a54b6>)
- [Hercules in the Palace of Omphale](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellucci-antonio-rb76ce17ed54156/hercules-in-the-palace-of-omphale-r49f49ee35553d2>)
- [Rebecca at the Well \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellucci-antonio-rb76ce17ed54156/rebecca-at-the-well-detail-r4fbd13a348b208>)
- [Rebecca at the Well](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellucci-antonio-rb76ce17ed54156/rebecca-at-the-well-r159c08c322f46a>)
- [Samson and Delilah](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bellucci-antonio-rb76ce17ed54156/samson-and-delilah-re30c06129d308b>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)