Portrait of Count Antonio Porcia and Brugnera
| Count Antonio Porcia and Brugnera | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Artist | Titian |
| Year | c. 1535–1540 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 115 cm × 93 cm (45 in × 37 in) |
| Location | Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan |
| Accession | 5958 |
Portrait of Count Antonio Porcia and Brugnera (Italian: Ritratto del conte Antonio di Porcia e Brugnera) is an oil painting by Titian, dated to c. 1535-1540. It hangs in the Pinacoteca di Brera, in Milan.[1]
Description
[edit]The portrait depicts an half-length figure in black, with his face turned forwards, and an energetic head in repose; across the breast is a broad gold chain with an ornament hanging from it; in the somewhat sombre lower portion of the picture there is the shining knob of the sword and the spot of white in the cuff.[2] His aristocratic left-hand rests idly on the balustrade.[3] In the far distance, a last gleam of light still illumines for a moment a broad fall of water.[4] The work is signed "Titianus" on the window ledge.[5]
Date
[edit]According to Georg Gronau, the style of the painting has so much similarlity with works of c. 1540-1543, that it must be assigned to that date.[6] The Brera however dates it slightly earlier, between 1535 and 1540.[7]
Provenance
[edit]- Formerly in Castle Porcia, near Pordenone.[6]
- Presented to the Brera Art Gallery in 1892 by the Duchess Litta Visconti.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Gronau, Georg (1904). Titian. London: Duckworth and Co; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 130–131, 293.
- Ricketts, Charles (1910). Titian. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. p. 183, plate xcvi.
- "Portrait of Count Antonio Porcia and Brugnera". Pinacoteca di Brera. Retrieved 10 March 2023.