ATTRIBUTED TO GIOVANNI DE' BUSI, CALLED CARIANI | PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, THREE-QUARTER LENGTH, HOLDING A PAIR OF GLOVES WITH HIS LEFT HAND

With Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York.

Born near Bergamo, Cariani moved to Venice by 1509, where his style was formed under the influence of Sebastiano del Piombo. Following Sebastiano's departure for Rome in 1511, Cariani fell under the sway of Titian. In August 1517 he returned to Bergamo, where he remained until he went back to Venice in 1523, absorbing the influence of Lorenzo Lotto, and rapidly reforming his own style.

This painting has visual affinities with Portrait of an Old Man by Cariani in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. no. 6434), especially the similar poignant gaze of the sitters and the round shape of their faces.