Portrait of a Man
1520
87.0 x 81.0 cm
alessandro bonvicino (moretto da brescia) (1498 – 1554)
Alessandro Bonvicino (Moretto da Brescia) was a leading Renaissance painter from Brescia, Italy. Known for serene altarpieces, devotional portraits & elegant compositions influenced by Titian and Raphael. Discover his masterpieces!
Moretto’s portrait asserts an active engagement with the viewer through the sitter’s pose and glance, as well as through the parapet decorated with a carpet and hourglass (an emblem of the passage of time and thus of mortality). Moretto knew the portraits of Titian, but also those of another Venetian artist, Lorenzo Lotto, whose work was directly inspired by the example of Dürer. The suggestion of a vibrant, living presence is a unifying goal of sixteenth-century portraiture north and south of the Alps. Brescia, situated in the foothills of the Alps, was a locus of this enriching dialogue.
About this artwork
- Title: Portrait of a Man
- Artist: alessandro bonvicino (moretto da brescia)
- Year: 1520
- Original dimensions: 87.0 x 81.0 cm
- Format: Square
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Main color: Espresso
- Color intensity: Monochromatic
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