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The 44 Artworks of Alessandro Bonvicino Moretto Da Brescia

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Alessandro Bonvicino (Moretto Da Brescia) - The EntombmentThe EntombmentAlessandro Bonvicino (Moretto Da Brescia)

Conceived as a meditation on mortality, this altarpiece was painted just before Moretto’s death for the oratory (a small chapel for private prayer) of a religious organization in his hometown. Key to its message of loss and hope is the striking contrast between the somber faces of the figures and th...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States Of America)
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Alessandro Bonvicino (Moretto Da Brescia) - Portrait of a ManPortrait of a ManAlessandro Bonvicino (Moretto Da Brescia)

Moretto’s portrait asserts an active engagement with the viewer through the sitter’s pose and glance, as well as through the parapet decorated with a carpet and hourglass (an emblem of the passage of time and thus of mortality). Moretto knew the portraits of Titian, but also those of another Venetia...

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