Bust Portrait of a Young Man with an Inscription

Bust Portrait of a Young Man with an Inscription

Artist: Giovanni Battista Moroni (Italian, 1520/4 - 1579)

Original Dimensions: 18 5/8" x 15 5/8"

Location: National Gallery of Art, London

About Artwork: (About 1560) "This dark-haired man with his striking ginger beard is said to be an ancestor of Count Lupi of Bergamo. The picture is typical of Moroni’s bust-length portraits of the 1560s. The sitter’s body, truncated by a marble parapet, is turned at a sharp angle to us and his eyes meet ours with a direct, attentive gaze. Moroni has used a very limited palette of repeated colours to tie the composition together and to focus our attention on the face. The parapet seems to have been an afterthought: it is painted over the clothes. The Latin inscription, ’so long as breath controls my being', comes from Book IV of Virgil’s Aeneid. Aeneas must leave Queen Dido but he utters these words to affirm that he will never forget his love for her. Moroni’s inscription may be a declaration of undying love, a token of loyalty or even an affirmation of religious faith." - (National Gallery of Art, London)

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