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Sebastiano del Piombo

Portrait of a Man, Said to be Christopher Columbus (born about 1446, died 1506)

1519
Oil on canvas
106.7 × 88.3 cm (42 × 34.8 in)

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● On view now — Gallery 625

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified July 2026

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