Moroni: The Riches of Renaissance Portraiture

by Aimee Ng, Frick Collection (Contributor), Arturo Galansino

Giovanni Battista Moroni is considered one of the great portraitists of sixteenth-century Italy. Published with The Frick Collection to accompany the first major exhibition devoted to the artist in the United States, this sumptuous volume celebrates the painter's eye for exquisite detail in depicting his sitters' interior and material worlds. New scholarship includes in-depth studies of individual portraits, as well as essays on the artist in the context of portrait painting in northern Italy in the later cinquecento.

The publication is linked to an exhibition running at The Frick Collection from February to June 2019.

224 pages, Hardcover

Published February 28, 2019

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeously illustrated, this exhibit catalog offers interesting background not only about the artist but also the people featured in the portraits. The information about the paintings is complemented by images of objects from the 16th century, linked to details in the art works. The exhibit, which was staged at the Frick Museum in New York City, assembled Moroni works from around the world, highlighting some of his most striking paintings of important Italian religious and political figures. The reader learns a great deal about 16th-century fashion and its symbolism.

[Mills College Library]

759.5 M868 2019