Portrait of a bearded gentleman, half-length, in a black costume with a black hat, an open book on a table before him

North German School, 1556 Portrait of a bearded gentleman, half-length, in a black costume with a black hat, an open book on a table before him oil on panel 86 x 68.7 cm. inscribed and dated with the sitter's age 'EVSSVMA CHRISTOPHORE TENE-AS NATALIA CLARI. FESTA DIES PAVLI SIGNAT APOSTOLICI. ANNO DNO, 1556, A· ÆTATIS xxxii' (centre)