Mid-17th-Century Spanish School, Portrait Of A Theologian Trees He’s considered by many to

He’s considered by many to be the father of British landscape painting as he enlivened the popular views of the day with a new sense of beauty and idealised wonder

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Mid-17th-Century Spanish School, Portrait Of A Theologian Trees He’s considered by many toThis mid 17th century Spanish oil on canvas depicts a dignified man of learning a theologian, or perhaps a cathedral canon. Dressed in a black cassock, marked by a vertical row of red buttons or embroidery, he's evidently a cleric of senior rank. In 17th century Spain, such red trimming was associated with the Faculty of Theology, worn by those who had attained the highest academic degree: the Doctor Theologiae. The square biretta, resting neatly upon