The Sculptor Alessandro Vittoria
around 1552/53 | Giovanni Battista Moroni
Contrary to all attempts of artists since the Renaissance to veil the manual part of their profession, Vittoria stands before the viewer in front of a neutral background seemingly dressed in working clothes. The rolled-up sleeves, the disorderly hair, and the spontaneity of the scene all speak for this interpretation. Yet Moroni thwarts all this with the gleaming, almost silky texture of the dark robes’ material. Moroni met Alessandro Vittoria (1525–1608), who continuously worked together with Jacopo Sansovino, Andrea Palladio and Paolo Veronese, during the Council of Trent.
Contrary to all attempts of artists since the Renaissance to veil the manual part of their profession, Vittoria stands before the viewer in front of a neutral background seemingly dressed in working clothes. The rolled-up sleeves, the disorderly hair, and the spontaneity of the scene all speak for this interpretation. Yet Moroni thwarts all this with the gleaming, almost silky texture of the dark robes’ material. Moroni met Alessandro Vittoria (1525–1608), who continuously worked together with Jacopo Sansovino, Andrea Palladio and Paolo Veronese, during the Council of Trent.
Artist:
Giovanni Battista Moroni (um 1520/1524 Albino bei Bergamo - 1578 Bergamo) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Alessandro Vittoria (1525 Trient - 1608 Venedig) DNB
Time:
around 1552/53
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Italian, Lombard
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
schmale Anstückungen vom Rahmen gedeckt; Orig.: 82,5 x 64,6 cm: Overall: 87,5 x 70 cm
Framed: 98 x 81 x 6 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 78
Provenance
1636 Coll. Bartolomeo della Nave, Venice; 1638-1649 Coll. Hamilton; Coll. Leopold Wilhelm; since 1659 in the Imperial Collections