The look of the elderly person is so intense that it does not matter whether it is an old or older, it 'if it is painted from real or imagined by the artist. Bushy, arched eyebrows make him look even deeper, while large circles senile - swollen and rounded by an extraordinary use of tones and shadows - increase the strength that emanates from those eyes and their hold almost hypnotic. The pictorial language is a primordial reality, the picture is dominated to the point that they fade into the background the other details - albeit of high artistic quality - such as the large tricorn hat that just falls off from the bottom, the singular fur stole The collar of a typical costume or eighteenth century. The work dates from the last part 800, and the anonymous painter who painted it could possibly be the Milanese Giuseppe Barbaglia (Milan 1841-1910). Oil on cardboard rounded up, in turn glued on cardboard; optimal condition, except 2 small loss of color at the top. Measures cm. 55 x 40.