Portrait of Count Antonio Porcia and Brugnera

Painting by Titian
Count Antonio Porcia and Brugnera
ArtistTitian
Yearc. 1535–1540
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions115 cm × 93 cm (45 in × 37 in)
LocationPinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Accession5958

Portrait of Count Antonio Porcia and Brugnera (Italian: Ritratto del conte Antonio di Porcia e Brugnera) is an oil painting by Titian, dated to between 1535 and 1540, which hangs in the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan.

Description

A half-length figure in black, the face turned forwards, 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.[1] His aristocratic left-hand rests idly on the balustrade.[2] In the far distance, a last gleam of light still illumines for a moment a broad fall of water.[3] The work is signed "Titianus" on the window ledge.[4]

Date

According to Gronau [fr; it], in style the picture has so much affinity with works of about 1540 to 1543 that it must be assigned to that date.[5] The Brera dates it slightly earlier, between 1535 and 1540.[6]

Provenance

  • Formerly in Castle Porcia, near Pordenone.[5]
  • Presented to the Brera Art Gallery in 1892 by the Duchess Litta Visconti.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gronau 1904, p. 130.
  2. ^ Gronau 1904, pp. 130–131.
  3. ^ Gronau 1904, p. 131.
  4. ^ Ricketts 1910, p. 183.
  5. ^ a b c Gronau 1904, p. 293.
  6. ^ Pinacoteca di Brera.

Sources

  • 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.
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