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Giovanni Battista Moroni (c. 1520-1524 [1] – 5 February 1578) was an Italian painter of the Mannerism. He also is called Giambattista Moroni . Best known for his elegantly realistic portraits of the local nobility and clergy, he is considered one of the great portrait painters of the Cinquecento .
The Portrait of a Man Holding a Letter, also known as The Lawyer, is an oil on canvas painting by Italian painter Giovanni Battista Moroni, from 1570-1572. It is held at the National Gallery, in London. It is considered one of the most representative paintings of the artist's maturity. [1] [2] [3]
Portrait of a Lady, also known as The Lady in Red (Italian: Dama in Rosso) is an oil on canvas painting by Italian painter Giovanni Battista Moroni, from c. 1556–1560. It is believed to depict Countess Lucia Albani Avogadro, a 16th-century Italian poet. It is held in the National Gallery, in London. [1] [2]
Pages in category "Paintings by Giovanni Battista Moroni" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. K.
Author: National Gallery of Art: Image title: Giovanni Battista Moroni (Italian, c. 1525 - 1578),"Titian's Schoolmaster", c. 1575, oil on canvas, Widener ...
The first written reference to the work shows it was probably in Secco Suardo's collection with other portraits produced for his family by the same artist. [3] At the end of the 18th century, it was still in the family, namely with Caterina Terzi Secco Suardo in Bergamo, shortly before passing to Barbara Secco Suardo Mosconi of the same city and then to the latter's husband Giovanni Mosconi. [4]
Initially married to Count Lecio Secco d'Aragona di Castro, she remarried to Gian Gerolamo Grumelli in 1561. Brembati and Grumelli gained significant local influence as a couple and were painted twice by Giovanni Battista Moroni. [4]
Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine or Mystic Betrothal of Saint Catherine is a 1567-1570 oil on panel painting by Giovanni Battista Moroni, produced for the side-altar of Catherine of Alexandria in the church of San Bartolomeo, parish church of Almenno San Bartolomeo, where it still hangs.