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Portrait of Fabrizio Naro

Portrait of Fabrizio Naro

c. 1680
(Italian, 1625–1701)
Italy, Rome, 17th century
marble
Overall: 81.5 x 70.4 x 50.1 cm (32 1/16 x 27 11/16 x 19 3/4 in.); Base: 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.)
The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection 1979.39
Location: 217 Italian Baroque

Description

This figure’s individualized facial expression, dynamic turn of the head and animated drapery are all characteristic of 17th-century Roman portrait sculpture. Guidi, a pupil of Alessandro Algardi, juxtaposed broad swaths of drapery and deeply drilled and carved hair with delicate surface detail, visible here in the patterning of the jacket and the faint suggestion of a beard. Based on a comparison with a later portrait on the family tomb in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, the sitter has been identified as Fabrizio Naro (d. 1697), marquis of Mompei.
  • Heim Gallery (Paris, France), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1979.
  • Lee, Sherman E. "Year in Review for 1979." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art LXVII, no. 3 (March, 1980): 58-99. Reproduced: p. 69; Mentioned: p. 96, no. 30 www.jstor.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, “Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection is on View in Year in Review Exhibition,” February 7, 1980, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
    Spike, John T. Baroque Portraiture in Italy: Works from North American Collections : The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, December 7, 1984-February 3, 1985, Wadsworth Atheneum, March 20-May 20, 1985. Sarasota, FL: The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1984. Reproduced: p. 204, no. 4
    Roworth, Wendy Wassyng. "Baroque Portraiture. Hartford, Connecticut." The Burlington Magazine 127, no. 987 (1985): 406-408. Mentioned: P. 406 www.jstor.org
  • Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).
    Year in Review for 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).
  • {{cite web|title=Portrait of Fabrizio Naro|url=false|author=Domenico Guidi|year=c. 1680|access-date=07 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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