Portrait_of_a_Gentleman_(Melone)

<i>Portrait of a Gentleman</i> (Melone)

Portrait of a Gentleman (Melone)

1513 painting by Altobello Melone

Portrait of a Gentleman is a 1513 oil on wood panel by Altobello Melone.[1] It is kept in the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo.[2]

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It is one of the most famous paintings from the collection of Count Guglielmo Lochis, where for it was thought to be a portrait of Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI.[3] The attribution to Altobello Melone was first made in 1871.[4] It was confirmed in 1955 by Mina Gregori, who compared the portrait in eccentric style to Melone's The road to Emmaus.[5]

Some three hundred years after the portrait was painted, the Borgia family ordered a copy from Pelagio Palagi, and the copy was discussed at some length by Antoine-Claude Pasquin.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Portrait of a gentleman (Cesare Borgia?)". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Ritratto di Cesare Borgia". LombardiaBeniCulturali (in Italian). Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. [3]
    Anderson, Jaynie. "Portrait of a gentleman (Cesare Borgia?)". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  4. [4]
    Crowe, J.A.; Cavalcaselle, G.B. (1871). A history of painting in Northern Italy. London: John Murray. p. 453.
  5. [5]
    Gregori, Mina (1955). "Altobello, il Romanino e il cinquecento cremonese". Paragone (69): 9–10, 14–15.
  6. [6]
    Valéry, M. (1835). Voyages historiques et littéraires en Italie pendant les années 1826, 1827 et 1828; ou, L'indicateur italien. Brussels: Louis Hauman et Compagnie. p. 54, 77.
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