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Portrait of the Artist’s Father, Gervasio Ligari

Technical Details
  • Title
    Portrait of the Artist’s Father, Gervasio Ligari
  • Author
    Giovan Pietro Ligari
  • Year
    before 1724
  • Dimensions
    cm 98 x 70
  • Inventory
    413
  • Room
    XXXVI

This portrait must have been painted before 1724, the year in which the sitter died. Ligari’s father had been living with his son since 1711. The figure’s powerful immediacy, enhanced by the bare surroundings, is typical of Ligari’s work and a significant example of Lombard naturalism.

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