Portrait of an Old Man with Bust
by LOTH, Johann Karl, Oil on canvas, 115 x 103 cm
It is hypothesized that the painting depicts the Greek sculptor and royal portraitist, Praxiteles, contemplating the bust of Alexander the Great. The elderly man with a distinctive white beard and large hands, can be identified in numerous other works by Loth, including his Mercury and Argus in the National Gallery, London.