Portrait of Lope Varona di Villanahue of Burgos
by PASSEROTTI, Bartolomeo, Oil on canvas, 119 x 96 cm
The sitter of this portrait is Don Lope Varona di Villanahue of Burgos, a Spanish nobleman, who was appointed Rector at the University of Bologna in 1579. The portrait, showing the sitter half length with a book in his right hand, was probably commissioned for this occasion.