You're right. Thanks to papersky's aunt, quoted below, we now know that the guy is St. Joachim, father of Mary and grandfather of Jesus, so you have probably seen him in other paintings.
Is there some reason to believe this is actually a valuable painting?
The deceased relative was the last of several generations of creative, world-traveling people to dwell in that house. It contains many odd, potentially valuable, and dangerous things. For example, there was a kit for a motorcycle that was never assembled. From 1913.
My friend is trying to sort through mineral specimens, antique tools, art objects, ammunition, and so forth. I can't tell you anything more about this particular painting.
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Date: 2011-03-10 03:20 pm (UTC)Is there some reason to believe this is actually a valuable painting?
The deceased relative was the last of several generations of creative, world-traveling people to dwell in that house. It contains many odd, potentially valuable, and dangerous things. For example, there was a kit for a motorcycle that was never assembled. From 1913.
My friend is trying to sort through mineral specimens, antique tools, art objects, ammunition, and so forth. I can't tell you anything more about this particular painting.