Portrait of an Architect, 1582-1585. This richly dressed young nobleman holding a compass over a plan of a fortification remains unidentified. Pulzone's portraits are characterized by careful attention to the ornaments and fabrics of aristocratic attire, making him very popular as a portraitist of the nobility intent on appropriate self-representation as a signal of status.

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Photo credit: © Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
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