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Portrait of a Man with a Book
about 1520 | Vincenzo Catena di Biagio
Although Catena is described on the reverse side of Giorgione’s “Laura” (Inv.-Nr. GG 31) as his “cholega”, stylistically he belongs to the older generation of Giovanni Bellini. The clear angle of light, sharp contours, the way the hand’s bone structure is treated and the clear contrast in local colours are all characteristics of his work. Catena had links to Venetian humanist circles who strongly promoted Giorgione. The subject portrayed here may have belonged to these circles.

Although Catena is described on the reverse side of Giorgione’s “Laura” (Inv.-Nr. GG 31) as his “cholega”, stylistically he belongs to the older generation of Giovanni Bellini. The clear angle of light, sharp contours, the way the hand’s bone structure is treated and the clear contrast in local colours are all characteristics of his work. Catena had links to Venetian humanist circles who strongly promoted Giorgione. The subject portrayed here may have belonged to these circles.
Artist:
Vincenzo Catena di Biagio (um 1470 wahrscheinlich Venedig - 1531 Venedig) DNBarrow_outward
Time:
about 1520
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Venetian
Material/technology:
Poplar wood
Dimensions:
81 cm x 61,8 cm x 4,8 cm
Framed: 97,1 cm x 77,5 cm x 9,5 cm
Signed
Inscribed at the top edge: VINCENTIVS CATENA PINXIT
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 87
Provenance
1636 Coll. Bartolomeo della Nave; 1638-1649 Coll. Hamilton; Coll. Leopold Wilhelm, Brussels;
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