Bildnis eines Geistlichen,

um 1545/50

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

101,5 x 78 cm

Displayed

Not on display

Department

Italienische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

WAF 683

Acquisition

1838 aus dem Nachlass des Marchese Canova, Venedig erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Moretto da Brescia (Alessandro Bonvicino), Bildnis eines Geistlichen, um 1545/50, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/y7GEQvYGPV (Last updated on 15.03.2023)

As the leading painter in his native town Brescia, Moretto was highly regarded for his sensitive portraits in particular. The black robe and the biretta identify the figure as a clergyman. It is probably the cleric and papal nuncio Gerolamo Martinengo Cesaresco. Moretto shows him surrounded by books in a studiolo, thus placing the portrait in the pictorial tradition of St Jerome in his study. The running title of the open book, ‘Homilia’, reveals that this is a collection of sermons.