3615948 Portrait of a Man, c.1494 (tempera on wood) by Italian School, (15th century); 52.7x37.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Attributed to the Maestro delle Storie del Pane (Emilian, late 15th century) Paired with wife at 3615949, possibly Matteo di Sebastiano di Bernardino Gozzadini of Bologna. Inscribed VT SIT NOSTRA FORMA SVPERSTES (In order that our features may survive) probably to celebrate a betrothal or marriage containing numerous allusions to love and matrimony. The pelican and phoenix refer to charity and resurrection - Christian virtues associated with the sacrament of marriage. ); Italian, out of copyright.