Gianbattista Moroni Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Gianbattista Moroni Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 26, 2025
GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI (Bondio, near Albino, 1520/1524-1578). "Portrait of a gentleman". Oil on canvas. Relined 19th century. Presents Italian frame of the first half of the seventeenth century.
Est: €250,000 - €300,000
GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI (Bondio, near Albino, 1520/1524-1578). "Portrait of a gentleman". Oil on canvas. Relined 19th century. Presents Italian frame of the first half of the seventeenth century. Measurements: 69.5 x 54 cm; 85.5 x 68 cm (frame). In this portrait, the gentleman appears dressed in a black dress of rich fabrics, suggesting his high social status. The position of the body, in profile, contrasts with the rotation of the head towards the viewer, generating a subtle tension that emphasizes the individuality and character of the subject. The light, carefully directed on his face, highlights the texture of the skin and the modeling of the features, while the dark background creates a strong contrast, allowing the figure to stand out with intensity. Moroni shows his mastery in the use of dark and medium tones to build the three-dimensionality of the sitter without losing naturalness. The treatment of the clothing is equally remarkable as Moroni pays special attention to the texture of the fabrics, with a range of blacks that hint at variations of materials, from velvet to wool. This portrait by Moroni follows the Venetian tradition in which the artist inscribed himself, characterized by psychological depth, mastery of color and meticulous observation of reality. Through a sober and elegant format, Moroni succeeds in capturing the essence of the portrayed gentleman, establishing a dialogue with similar works preserved in international museums. This work reflects Moroni's remarkable innate skills for portraiture, characterized by an exceptional ability to accurately represent reality. His style combines the Lombard-Venetian tradition with the influence of Nordic art. In this portraiture, Moroni focuses more on capturing the model's physical appearance and social position than on exploring his psychology. The identity of the sitter remains unknown. Moroni was admired throughout northern Italy for his ability to capture his models "from life," in the words of the Venetian artist Titian. Giovanni Battista Moroni was an Italian painter known primarily for his elegantly realistic portraits of the local nobility and clergy, and is considered one of the great portraitists of the Cinquecento. Moroni trained with Alessandro Bonvicino in Brescia, where he was the principal studio assistant during the 1540s, and worked in Trento, Bergamo and his hometown of Albino. His two brief periods in Trento coincided with the first two sessions of the Council of Trent, 1546-48 and 1551-53. On both occasions, Moroni painted several religious works, as well as the series of portraits for which he is remembered. During his stay in Trent he also came into contact with Titian and with Count-Bishop Cristoforo Madruzzo, whose portrait is by Titian, but for whom Moroni painted portraits of Madruzzo's sons. In the 19th century it was claimed that Titian had taught him in Trent; however, it is unlikely that he ventured to visit the Venetian's studio for very long. Moroni's period as a fashionable portraitist in Bergamo spans only the years 1557-62 or so, after which Bergamo was convulsed by internecine strife and Moroni retired permanently to Albino, where, in his provincial isolation, he went completely unnoticed by Giorgio Vasari. His production in Bergamo, influenced in part by Savoldo's studio, produced in a few years a long series of portraits. The subjects are not drawn exclusively from the Bergamo aristocracy, but from the new self-conscious class of exemplary scholars, professionals and government bureaucrats, with a few soldiers, presented in aloof and wary attitudes with Moroni's meticulous passages of still life and a closer attention to fabrics and clothing than to psychological penetration. His output of religious paintings was smaller and less successful than his portraits. It has an Italian frame from the first half of the 17th century.
Setdart Auction House
Feb. 25, 2025
Giovan Battista Moroni (Albino 1520 - 1579)
Est: €7,000 - €12,000
Giovan Battista Moroni (Albino 1520 - 1579) Madonna col Bambino e i santi Bartolomeo e Girolamo Olio su tavola 55,5 x 42 cm Dalle schede di catalogo, scritte dal professore Giuseppe Fusari, qui sotto citate: Copia in piccolo della tela di Alessandro Bonvicino detto il Moretto, conosciuta anche con il titolo Madonna delle Pere, conservata presso la Pinacoteca Vaticana (inv. 359), è un esempio della rilettura fatta da quello che è probabilmente il più illustre allievo del Moretto, attraverso quel personale sentimento cromatico che caratterizza le sue opere sacre e che evidenzia il modo personalissimo con il quale l'artista bergamasco si ispirò al Bonvicino. Esposizioni: Brescia Museo Diocesano, 2014, Pittori attorno a Moretto. Levico Terme Sala Civica, 2015-2016, Maria una donna diventata madre di Dio. Pubblicazioni: Catalogo della Mostra Pittori attorno a Moretto, Brescia 2014. Catalogo della Mostra Maria una donna diventata madre di Dio, Levico Terme, 2016. Moroni, formatosi presso il Moretto, dopo gli anni di apprendistato fu a Trento, dove iniziò la sua carriera come pittore autonomo. Qualche anno più tardi tornò a Bergamo, ove s’impose grazie alla qualità di ritrattista, riferendosi al Lotto e al Moretto, senza tralasciare le opere sacre in cui si avvalse dei modelli del suo maestro bresciano. Personalità centrale del Cinquecento bergamasco, Moroni fu il pittore del "naturale", prossimo ai modi nordici, apprezzato da Tiziano, e in contrapposizione alla ritrattistica aulica di moda in quel periodo. Fu presente in città durante il Concilio di Trento, in effetti, coinvolto dagli eventi, la sua arte è un'interpretazione della pittura controriformata caratterizzata da un accento devozionale. I suoi dipinti sono conservati presso la Pinacoteca dell'Accademia Carrara di Bergamo, Firenze presso Palazzo Pitti, Pinacoteca di Brera a Milano, Kunsthistorisches Museum di Vienna, Natinal Gallery di Londra e molti altri, mentre buona parte delle sue opere sacre sono tutt'oggi conservate nelle chiese di Bergamo e del suo territorio. Giovan Battista Moroni (Albino 1520 - 1579) Madonna and Child with Saints Bartholomew and Jerome Oil on panel 55,5 x 42 cm From the catalogue entries, written by Professor Giuseppe Fusari, quoted below: A small-scale copy of the canvas by Alessandro Bonvicino known as Moretto, also known by the title Madonna of the Pears, kept at the Pinacoteca Vaticana (inv. 359), it is an example of the reinterpretation made by what is probably Moretto's most illustrious pupil, through that personal chromatic sentiment that characterises his sacred artworks and which highlights the very personal way in which Bonvicino inspired the artist from Bergamo. Exhibitions: Brescia Museo Diocesano, 2014, Pittori intorno a Moretto. Levico Terme Sala Civica, 2015-2016, Maria una donna diventa madre di Dio. Publications: Catalogue of the Exhibition Pittori intorno a Moretto, Brescia 2014. Catalogue of the Exhibition Maria una donna diventa madre di Dio, Levico Terme, 2016.
Lucas Aste
Nov. 23, 2023
Portrait of a Gentleman
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Oil on panel 96x75 cm. Framed The painting bears a wax stamp on the back: "GALERIE SEDELMEYER PARIS". This painting is an example of the accurate realism and absence of rhetorical artifice that characterised Lombard portrait painting in the late 16th Century, following the example of Giovan Battista Moroni. From that high model we find here, in addition to the lenticular analyticity of the pictorial rendering, the measured tone, the concentrated composition, the subtly melancholic character: qualities that, mutatis mutandis, descend from such superb Moronian achievements as the Portrait of Don Gabriel de la Cueva y Giron in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, the Portrait of Giovan Pietro Maffei in the Kunsthistoriscehs Museum, Vienna, and the Portrait of a Knight in the Isabella Gardner Stewart Museum, Budapest.
Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
Jun. 29, 2023
Giovanni Battista (Gianbattista) Moroni, nach Titians schoolmaster
Est: €800 - €1,000
Giovanni Battista (Gianbattista) Moroni, nach um 1521 Albino / Bergamo - um 1580 wohl ebenda Titians schoolmaster Inscribed in Swedish "Lärd teolog, Tillskrissen Angili Moro (Titianis lärare)" on the label verso. Oil auf canvas. 98 x 74 cm. Restored. Minor damage. Minor damage to frame (115 x 88.5 cm). After the painting in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Widener Collection, inventory number 1942.9.45.
Neumeister
May. 12, 2023
MORONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA, Kopie - Copy: "Ritratto di un gentiluomo della famiglia Morandi".
Est: CHF600 - CHF1,200
MORONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (Bondio um 1525/29 - 1578 Bergamo); Kopie - Copy : "Ritratto di un gentiluomo della famiglia Morandi"; Öl auf Leinwand, doubliert; 46x36,5 cm; verso a. Auktions-Etikett bez.
Dobiaschofsky Auktionen AG
Nov. 29, 2022
GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI (copia da)
Est: €500 - €800
(Albino, 1522 - 1578/1579) Ritratto di uomo Olio su tavola, cm 42X33,5 Carlo Ridolfi ne Le meraviglie dell'Arte scritte nel 1648 definiva eccellenti e naturali i personaggi ritratti dal Moroni, volendo indicare lo scrupolo dell'esatta riproduzione dell'effigiato, senza concessioni ad abbellimenti e piaggerie, come prescritto nel 1582 dal cardinale Paleotti nel suo Discorso intorno alle immagini sacre e profane. Un brano che spiega assai bene come la qualità della sua arte sia stata di inibizione per imitatori e copisti, imponendo di conseguenza di elogiarne il valore estetico delle rare repliche. Il dipinto in esame, infatti, ripropone l'immagine di quello oggi custodito all'Accademia Carrara di Bergamo (olio su tela, cm 57X49) e comunica un'appropriata intimità confidenziale e regia di lume, esaltando la sprezzatura della figura e l'accurata modalità con cui l'autore si è misurato con il modello, documentato nella Collezione di Giacomo Carrara sin dal 1755. Bibliografia di riferimento: S. Facchinetti, Giovan Battista Moroni. Opera completa, Roma 2021, pp. 394-395, n. 194
Wannenes Art Auctions
Sep. 20, 2022
Giovan Battista Moroni (Albino 1520/1524 - 1578/1579) attribuito
Est: €2,700 - €3,500
Giovan Battista Moroni (Albino 1520/1524 - 1578/1579) attribuito Ritratto di ragazzo Olio su tela 37,5 x 26,8 cm L’opera trova significativi esempi comparitivi con l’effigiato nell’opera Crocifisso e Ss. Giovanni Battista e Sebastiano e donatore (Bergamo, Chiesa di Sant’Alessandro della Croce), oppure nel ritratto maschile in Coppia di devoti davanti alla Madonna col Bambino e San Michele (USA, Virgina Museum of Fine Art). Giovan Battista Moroni si formò presso Alessandro Bonvicino detto il Moretto da Brescia. Non ci sono testimonianze certe, ma sembra che possa aver studiato anche con Tiziano, il quale sicuramente lo aiutò nella realizzazione di ritratti durante il periodo trascorso a Trento. In seguito tornò a Bergamo, ove operò per tutti gli anni Cinquanta come attestano i numerosi ritratti di aristocratici, intellettuali e politici. Nelle opere religiose il Moroni si avvalse dei modelli del maestro Moretto, mentre nella ritrattistica si spinse a rappresentazioni caratterizzate dalla naturalezza e dal realismo, quindi scevre dal senso aulico e classicista in voga nel XVI secolo. I suoi ritratti possono essere definiti "ritratti in azione", in quanto rappresentano figure colte nel movimento gestuale, perseverando l’intento di ovviare all'arida fissità del ritratto ufficiale. Il suo stile ritrattistico avrebbe influenzato l'opera del pittore bergamasco Fra Galgario e il famoso veneziano Pietro Longhi. Le sue opere sono conservate presso i più importanti musei del mondo: a Firenze agli Uffizi, ad Amsterdam al Rijksmuseum, a Vienna al Kunsthistorisches Museum, a New York al Metropolitan Museum of Art, a Chicago all’Art Institute of Chicago, a Londra alla National Gallery, a San Pietroburgo all’Ermitage. Giovan Battista Moroni (Albino 1520/1524 - 1578/1579) attributed Portrait of boy Oil on canvas 37,5 x 26,8 cm The artwork finds significant comparative examples with the portrayed in the artwork Crocifisso and Ss. John the Baptist and Sebastian and a donor (Bergamo, Church of Sant'Alessandro della Croce), or in the male portrait in a Couple of devotees in front of the Madonna and Child and Saint Michael (USA, Virgina Museum of Fine Art).
Lucas Aste
Jun. 29, 2022
Giovanni Battista (Gianbattista) Moroni, after - circa 1521 Albino / Bergamo - circa 1580 probably ibid.
Est: €2,000 - €2,500
Titian's schoolmaster Inscribed in Swedish ''Lärd teolog, Tillskrissen Angili Moro (Titianis lärare)'' on the label verso. Oil on canvas. 98 x 74 cm. Restored. Minor damage. Minor damage to frame (115 x 88.5 cm). After the painting in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, Widener Collection, inventory number 1942.9.45.
Neumeister
Jun. 09, 2022
PITTORE LOMBARDO DEL XVI SECOLO
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Ritratto di bimba Olio su tavola, cm 72,5X53 La tavola presenta caratteri di stile norditaliani, specificatamente lombardo-veneti che evocano modelli bergamaschi di Giovanni Battista Moroni (Albino, 1520/1524 - 1578/1579), ma altresì, interessanti analogie con la ritrattistica di Francesco Crivelli (Milano, circa 1520 - dopo il 1580). Il volto della bambina, infatti, trova curiose analogie con quella nella pala raffigurante Cristo in gloria tra la Vergine e San Giovanni Evangelista con i donatori, opera recentemente riscoperta e commissionata dai marchesi Cuttica di Cassine e destinata a ornare l'altare maggiore della chiesa domenicana di San Marco oggi duomo di Alessandria. Come si evince dagli studi di Olga Piccolo e Lorenzo Mascheretti, Francesco Crivelli fu un artista attivo tra Milano e Venezia, citato dalle fonti Cinque-Seicento quale valente ritrattista ed è lui l'autore di un celebrato ritratto di Ferrante Gonzaga ancora disperso. E' di grande interesse sapere che la pala Cuttica recava un riferimento al pittore Gian Paolo Lolmo (Bergamo, 1550 circa - 1595 circa), possibile allievo di Moroni, ma certamente influenzato dal celebre maestro. Bibliografia di riferimento: O. Piccolo, L. Mascheretti. Francesco Crivelli 'primo nel fare ritratti', Verona 2021, ad vocem
Wannenes Art Auctions
Jun. 03, 2022
Manner of Giovanni Battista Moroni (Italian, 1520-1578) Portrait of a gentleman
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Manner of Giovanni Battista Moroni (Italian, 1520-1578) Portrait of a gentleman in a black cap and doublet Oil on panel 10-3/4 x 8 inches (27.3 x 20.3 cm) Property from the Collection of Bill and Margot Winspear, Dallas, Texas PROVENANCE: Christie's, South Kensington, July 13, 2001, lot 224; Acquired by the present owner from the above. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
May. 24, 2022
Bottega di Giovan Battista Moroni (Albino 1520/1524 - 1578/1579)
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Bottega di Giovan Battista Moroni (Albino 1520/1524 - 1578/1579) Figura orante Olio su tela 52 x 42 cm La figura, oggetto della tela, si ritrova in più opere del maestro bergamasco, e tra queste ricordiamo: Gentiluomo in Contemplazione del Battesimo di Cristo, della Collezione Etro; Coppia di devoti contemplano la Madonna, della National Gallery of Art di Washington. Moroni, formatosi presso il Moretto, è famoso soprattutto per la sua attività di ritrattista. Dopo gli anni di apprendistato, grazie ad alcuni documenti sappiamo che verso il 1547 opera a Trento come pittore autonomo. Qualche anno più tardi è a Bergamo, ove s’impone grazie alla qualità di ritrattista, senza tralasciare le opere sacre in cui si avvale dei modelli del maestro Moretto. Workshop of Giovan Battista Moroni (Albino 1520/1524 - 1578/1579) Praying figure Oil on canvas 52 x 42 cm The figure, object of the canvas, is found in several artworks by the Bergamo master, and among these we remember: Gentleman in Contemplation of the Baptism of Christ, from the Etro Collection; Devout couple contemplating the Madonna, from the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
Lucas Aste
Mar. 31, 2022
Giovan Battista Moroni, um 1525 – 1578, Nachfolge des
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
PORTRAIT EINES EDELMANNES Öl auf Leinwand. Doubliert. 44 x 35 cm. In dekorativem dunklem Rahmen mit Goldmalerei. Vor grünlichem Hintergrund das Brustbildnis nach links eines jungen eleganten Edelmannes mit schwarzer Jacke mit Goldbordüre und Goldknöpfen, dazu aus dem hohen Kragen ein schmaler weißer Spitzenkragen herausragend. Auf seinen schwarzen Haaren trägt er eine schwarze Kopfbedeckung mit Silberschmuck und einer eckigen grünen Edelsteinbrosche. Er hat ein weiches Gesicht, eine ausdrucksstarke Nase und mit seinen großen glänzenden braunen Augen schaut er leicht seitlich aus dem Bild heraus. Repräsentative Darstellung in zurückhaltender Farbgebung. Vereinzelt kleine Retuschen. (13020510) (18)
Hampel Fine Art Auctions
Dec. 15, 2021
GIOVAN BATTISTA MORONI (attr.) (1520/1578) "Ritratto di aristocratico" - "Portrait of an aristocrat"
Est: €5,000 - €6,000
Dipinto di grande qualità pittorica. Antica attribuzione nel telaio. Olio su tela in cornice dorata. Cm 46x58 Painting of great pictorial quality. Ancient attribution in the frame. Oil on canvas in gilded frame. Cm 46x58
Galleria Sarno
Dec. 14, 2021
MORONI GIOVANNI BATTISTA
Est: €1,500 - €1,700
MORONI GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1522-1578) 'Ritratto di uomo con colletto bianco' olio cm. 42x55
Aste Boetto SRL
Jul. 05, 2021
Bergamasque School of the XVI century, Portrait of a Gentleman
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Oil on canvas, cm 44x35. Two old labels on the back of the frame: 'Kunstveilingen Freda van Braam, veiling: Juli '44, n°33' and 'Battista [Mor]oni, veiling: Juli 1944 […]'. Old number '6702' and 'Moroni 1510-1578' written on the back of the frame
Ansuini 1860 Auctions
Jun. 24, 2021
Giovanni Battista Moroni, um 1525 Albino – 1578 Bergamo, zug.
Est: €70,000 - €90,000
PORTRAIT EINES MANNES MIT BRIEF Öl auf Leinwand. 100 x 81 cm. Gekehlter, teilweise vergoldeter Holzrahmen. Anmerkung 1: Das vorliegende Gemälde zeigt einen bärtigen Mann in schwarzem Gewand in Dreiviertelansicht. Vor ihm auf dem Tisch liegt ein Brief, ein weiteres Schriftstück hält er in der Hand. Mit festem, fesselnden Blick schaut er dem Betrachter entgegen und vermittelt damit einen Eindruck seines Charakters und seiner Persönlichkeit. Die erste, 1533 datierte Version dieses Werks von Moroni befindet sich in der Samuel H. Kress Collection, Honolulu. Wie bereits bemerkt wurde, ist die das Schriftstück haltende Hand der von Moronis berühmten Schneider in der National Gallery in London sehr ähnlich. Anmerkung 2: Giovanni Battista Moroni gehört zu den bedeutendsten Portraitmalern des 16. Jahrhunderts in Italien. Er war berühmt für die genaue Wiedergabe seines Gegenübers. Und auch heute noch nehmen diese Portraits den Betrachter mit ihrer psychologischen Tiefe und Unmittelbarkeit ganz und gar für sich ein. In seinen Portraits gibt Moroni die Gesellschaft seiner Zeit wieder – von den vornehmen Damen und Herren in schillerndem Gewand bis hin zu den Mitgliedern der Mittelschicht bei ihrem alltäglichen Geschäft. Dabei vereint sie stets ein ungeheurer Naturalismus gepaart mit Vitalität, wie er bei kaum einem anderen Maler seiner Epoche erreicht wird. Provenienz: Marquise de Brissac. Biografie: Der hauptsächlich durch Portraits bekannt gewordene Maler war ein Schüler des Alessandro Moretto (1490/ 98-1554). Allerdings fand er in der Weiterführung der Portraitmalerei seit Giorgio Barbarelli Giorgione (1476/ 77-1510), Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556) oder Tiziano Vecellio (1485/89-1576) zu einer neuen Portraitform: Anstelle des bis dahin überwiegend vorzufindenden Halbbildnisses zieht Moroni den Dargestellten näher an die Bildfläche heran, um ihn dem Betrachter näher zu bringen. Dabei fällt auf, dass Moronis hauptsächliche Absicht darin bestand, die seelische Stimmung des Dargestellten, auch den spontanten Moment des Augenblicks, im Bild zu erfassen. So hat er nahezu alle portraitierten Personen mit einem nur leicht geneigten Kopf wiedergegeben, etwas zur Seite gedreht. Literatur: Vgl. F.R. Shapley, Complete Catalogue of the Samuel H. Kress Collection. Italian Paintings XVI - XVIII Century, London 1973, S. 31-32, Nr. K359, Abb. fig. 57. Ausstellung: Cour des Comptes, Si la Révolution m’était comptée, Paris, November 1989, Kat. Nr. I.37 (als zugeschrieben an Moroni). (1271583) (13) Giovanni Battista Moroni, ca. 1525 Albino – 1578 Bergamo, attributed PORTRAIT OF A MAN HOLDING A LETTER Oil on canvas. 100 x 81 cm. Provenance: Marquise de Brissac. Literature: Compare F.R. Shapley, Complete Catalogue of the Samuel H. Kress Collection. Italian Paintings XVI-XVIII Century, London 1973, pp. 31-32, no. K359, reproduced fig. 57. Exhibition: Paris, Cour des Comptes, Si la Révolution m’était comptée, November 1989, cat. no. I.37 (as attributed to Moroni.
Hampel Fine Art Auctions
Oct. 07, 2020
CIRCLE OF GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI (ALBINO ? 1520/1524-1578) - Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
CIRCLE OF GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI (ALBINO ? 1520/1524-1578) Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length oil on canvas 24 x 17 5/8 in. (61 x 45.5 cm.)
Christie's
Feb. 24, 2020
MORONI GIOVANNI BATTISTA
Est: €3,000 - €3,400
MORONI GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1522-1578) 'Ritratto di uomo con colletto bianco' olio cm. 42x55
Aste Boetto SRL
Jul. 04, 2019
Giovanni Battista Moroni (Albino ? 1520/1524-1578) Saint Jerome oil on canvas 32 x 39 in. (81.3 x 99 cm.)
Est: £600,000 - £800,000
Giovanni Battista Moroni (Albino ? 1520/1524-1578) Saint Jerome oil on canvas 32 x 39 in. (81.3 x 99 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 12, 2016
MORONI Giovann Battista (entourage de), école ITALIENNE du XVIème sièc
Est: CHF3,000 - CHF4,000
MORONI Giovann Battista (entourage de), école ITALIENNE du XVIème siècle [IT]. Portrait d'un religieux, huile sur toile (58 x 50 cm). Inscription sur le châssis Ottovano Bettino
Galartis SA
Sep. 27, 2016
Giovanni Battista Moroni (1521-1580)-attributed, P
Est: €1,200 - €1,800
Giovanni Battista Moroni (1521-1580)-attributed, Portrait of a gentleman in black robe and hat, sitting on a chair and holding a book; oil on canvas, framed.
Deutsch Auktionen
Nov. 27, 2012
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, CIRCA 1840, AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI (ITALIAN, C. 1520/24-1578)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, CIRCA 1840, AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI (ITALIAN, C. 1520/24-1578) Two miniatures: Don Gabriel de la Cueva y Girón, 5th Duke of Alburquerque (c. 1515-1571) in black doublet, the sleeve slashed to reveal red, white collar, black cap, beard; together with a gentleman, in black doublet with ruffled collar, black cap, beard on ivory 3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mounts within carved giltwood frames (2)
Christie's
Jul. 08, 2011
ENTOURAGE DE GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI (ALBINO? 1520-1578)
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
ENTOURAGE DE GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI (ALBINO? 1520-1578) Portrait d'homme huile sur toile 94 x 77 cm. (37 x 31¼ in.)
Christie's
Jul. 07, 2011
ENTOURAGE DE GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI (ALBINO? 1520-1578)
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
ENTOURAGE DE GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI (ALBINO? 1520-1578) Portrait d'homme huile sur toile 94 x 77 cm. (37 x 31¼ in.)
Christie's
Jun. 06, 2009
Giovan Battista Moroni (1525 - 1578)
Est: Kč250 - Kč500
Portrait of a lady. Etching on paper, 275 x 135 mm, printed mark "G. B. Moroni pinx. K. v. Siegl sculps.". Print from the 19th century by Moroni´s original. Portrét dámy. Lept na papíře, 275 x 135 mm, zn. v tisku „G. B. Moroni pinx. K. v. Siegl sculps.". Tisk z 19. stol. podle Moroniho předlohy. PORTRÄT EINER DAME. Radierung auf Papier, 275 x 135 mm, gedruckt bez. „G. B. Moroni pinx. K. v. Siegl sculps.". Druck nach Moronis Vorlage aus der 19. Jh.
Auction House Zezula
Apr. 02, 2009
After GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI (1520-1578) Italian
Est: £2,500 - £3,000
After GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI (1520-1578) Italian The tailor Oil on board, 40x 30 ins
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Dec. 02, 2008
After Giovanni Battista Moroni (1529-1578),
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
After Giovanni Battista Moroni (1529-1578), Italian RETRATO DE UN LETRADO; Oil on canvas laid down on masonite 35" x 28" - 88.9 x 71.1 cm.
Waddington's
May. 13, 2008
After Giovanni Battista Moroni (1529-1578),
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
After Giovanni Battista Moroni (1529-1578), Italian RETRATO DE UN LETRADO; Oil on canvas laid down on masonite 35" x 28" - 88.9 x 71.1 cm.
Waddington's
Jul. 05, 2007
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a black coat and hat
Est: £150,000 - £250,000
Giovanni Battista Moroni (Albino ?1520/24-1578?) Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a black coat and hat oil on canvas 20 x 16½ in. (50.7 x 42 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 08, 2004
Giovanni Battista Moroni (Albino ?1520/24-1578?)
Est: £150,000 - £250,000
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length in a brocaded red velvet doublet with a black cloak and a white collar oil on canvas 20 x 17 in. (50.8 x 43.2 cm.), including early additions of 3.9 cm. at the top edge, 6.4 cm. on the left and 1 cm. on the right
Christie's
Jun. 07, 2002
GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI (Albino 1520-24-after 1578)
Est: $80,000 - $120,000
Portrait of a priest, bust-length oil on canvas 193/4 x 161/2 in. (50.2 x 41.9 cm.) PROVENANCE Moroni, Milan. Cora, Milan. with Harari & Johns, Ltd., London, 1986. NOTES Born at Albino, near Bergamo, the westernmost city of the Venetian terra firma, Moroni was strongly influenced by the Brescian Alessandro Bonvicino, il Moretto, with whom he worked in the late 1540s. While aware of wider developments - Lotto had worked for Bergamesque patrons to spectacular effect and there was a major altarpiece by Titian at Brescia - Moroni's consistency as a portraitist reflected his unquestioned dominance as the painter of a rich town with a powerful landowning and mercantile elite. Berenson termed Moroni the only mere portrait painter that Italy ever produced, and he was, indeed, the only major cinquecento painter who was first and foremost a portraitist, and whose enduring reputation is based almost exclusively on this achievement. To this extent, Berenson's implied analogy with Frans Hals, although not intended in a complimentary sense, is not misplaced. Partly because of its small dimensions, this previously unpublished Portrait of a priest stands as a fine example of the intimacy and directness of observation that distinguishes Moroni from his more courtly contemporaries and constitutes his contribution to the tradition of realism in Lombard painting that a generation later would inspire Caravaggio. As suggested by Prof. Mina Gregori (written communication, April 2002), the present lot is a late work by the artist. It can be compared to other small-scale late paintings by Moroni from the 1570s, such as the Portrait of a nobleman (sold, Christies, London, 7 July 2000, lot 85), as well full-lengths such as the celebrated Cavalier in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The treatment of the hair and flesh in the present lot closely parallels that in the Gardner canvas, a work dated 1576, and the Portrait of a Young Priest, an austere and somberly colored three-quarter length in the Pinacoteca dell'Accademia Carrarra, Bergamo, which is generally dated to the 1570s. We are grateful to Prof. Mina Gregori for for her assistance with this entry and for confirming the attribution of the present lot to Moroni.
Christie's
Jan. 24, 2002
*GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI
Est: $60,000 - $80,000
oil on canvas
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