Portrait of Vincenzo Guarignoni
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
unframed: 63 × 50.8 cm · framed: 91 × 80 × 8 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Adele C. and Howard P. Eells Jr., in memory of Howard Parmelee Eells
Accession Number
1962.1
Tags
male
About this artwork
The Latin inscription gives the sitter's name and age (45), as well as the painting's date. Guarignoni came from a prominent family in the northern Italian city of Bergamo. His direct and thoughtful gaze enhances the painting’s lifelike quality, while the solemn detachment conveys dignity and excellence rather than an exact personality, a common approach in Renaissance portraiture.