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Portrait of a Man

Technical Details
  • Title
    Portrait of a Man
  • Author
    Moro (Francesco Torbido)
  • Year
    c. 1520
  • Dimensions
    cm 72x56
  • Inventory
    1142
  • Room
    XIX
  • Signature
    TVRBIDVS. V. FACIEBAT

A pupil of Giorgione in Venice and then of Liberale in Verona, where he moved in c. 1499–1500, this painter was a firm favourite with his contemporaries as a portrait artist, but unfortunately only a handful of his paintings have survived. The presence of the signature “FRS.TVRBIDVS.V.
FACIEBAT.” is thus of the utmost importance for the study of his artistic output. In this picture Il Moro reveals his debt to Giorgione in the way the figure emerges from the greenish background.

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