Portrait of Count Antonio Porcia and Brugnera

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Count Antonio Porcia and Brugnera
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Artist Titian
Yearc.1535–1540
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions115 cm× 93 cm(45 in× 37 in)
Location Pinacoteca 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.

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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 right-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

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References

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

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