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Portrait of Vincenzo Guarignoni

c. 1572

Giovanni Battista Moroni

(Italian, 1525–1578)

Italy, Bergamo, 16th century

Oil on canvas

Framed: 91 x 80 x 8 cm (35 13/16 x 31 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 63 x 50.8 cm (24 13/16 x 20 in.)

Gift of Adele C. and Howard P. Eells, Jr., in memory of Howard Parmelee Eells 1962.1

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Description

The Latin inscription gives the sitter's name and age (45), as well as the painting's date. Guarignoni came from a prominent family in the northern Italian city of Bergamo. His direct and thoughtful gaze enhances the painting’s lifelike quality, while the solemn detachment conveys dignity and excellence rather than an exact personality, a common approach in Renaissance portraiture.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Inscribed at bottom: "VINCENT. GVARINON. AN. AET. XXXXV / MDLXXII"

Provenance

Count Leon Miniszech (sale: Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, April 9-11, 1902, no. 23);

[Agnew, London];

C. Fairfax Murray, London;

[Julius Bohler, Munich, 1908];

Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Eells, Cleveland, 1913;

Maude Stager Eells, Cleveland (unsold, Parke Bernet, New York, November 29, 1961, no. 10, illus.), by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1962.

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 96 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 96 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 112 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. Reproduced: p. 378; Mentioned: p. 379

Facchinetti, Simone, and Giovanni Battista Moroni. Giovanni Battista Moroni: opera completa. 2021, 345 Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 345-346, cat. 156.

Exhibition history

London, Royal Academy of Art, 1908: "Winter Exhibition," cat. no. 38.

Cleveland, Kinney and Levan Building, 1913: "Cleveland Art loan Exposition," cat. no. 138D.

CMA, 1928: "Representative Art through the Ages," (no catalogue).

CMA, November 1962: "Year in Review," cat., Bull., 9Nov. 1962), no. 94, p. 204, repr.

CMA, November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984: "Portraiture: The Image of the Individual," no catalogue.

Museo Adrian Bernareggi, Bergamo, Italy (11/13/2004 - 4/3/2005): "Giovan Battista Moroni, The glance on reality" ex. cat. no. 24, p. 166-167.

Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962).

Portraiture: The Image of the Individual. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984).

Giovan Battista Moroni, The glance on reality. Museo Adriano Bernareggi, Bergamo, Italy (organizer) (November 13, 2004-April 3, 2005).

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