Angela Loredan Zorzi
ca. 1560/70 | Alessandro Vittoria
Vittoria’s portrait busts are informed both by classical antiquity and the paintings of Titian. Their restrained elegance well represents the refined taste of the Venetian nobility. Here he depicts Angela Loredan, the wife of Senator Antonio Zorzi, without undue flattery as a dignified matron. The bust once stood in the atrium of the Palazzo Zorzi together with other family portraits.
Vittoria’s portrait busts are informed both by classical antiquity and the paintings of Titian. Their restrained elegance well represents the refined taste of the Venetian nobility. Here he depicts Angela Loredan, the wife of Senator Antonio Zorzi, without undue flattery as a dignified matron. The bust once stood in the atrium of the Palazzo Zorzi together with other family portraits.
Artist:
Alessandro Vittoria (1525 Trient - 1608 Venedig) DNB
Time:
ca. 1560/70
Object Name
statue; bust; clay sculpture
Culture
Venice
Material/technology:
Terracotta, traces of gilding
Dimensions:
H. 83 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer
Invs.
Kunstkammer, 9905