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Niccolò dell'Abate - Portrait of a gentleman (circa 1550) - oil on canvas
No more aristocrats, long live the gentleman
01 June 2022
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When guests at a dinner party talk about "well-born souls" (Le Cid Corneille), talk of the ridicule and vanity of aristocrats all too often outweighs the forgotten qualities of the gentleman. The...
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