Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Profile of a Man
Alternate Title:
Profilo d'Uomo
Image View:
Overall view
Creator:
unknown (Italian)
Location:
repository: Museo Correr (Venice, Veneto, Italy) CI. I n. 0011
Location Note:
Piazza San Marco 52
GPS:
45.4339 12.3375
Date:
ca. 1450 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera on wood panel
Technique:
painting and painting techniques
Subjects:
portrait
Description:
Unknown, Ferrarese. The profile view, which was favored in ancient coins, was frequently adopted in the fifteenth century. A portrait was often commissioned at a significant moment in someone’s life, such as betrothal, marriage, or elevation to an office. (Source: Fondazione Musei Civici Venezia [online collection database]; http://www.archiviod ellacomunicazione.it /)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
6A1-FERRAR-MC-PM-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Profile of a Man