GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI │ Royal Academy of Arts, London → 25 January 2015

Isotta Brembati, c1555. Photograph: Lucretia Moroni Collection, Bergamo

Portrait of a Man with a Red Beard, c.1558-59

A Gentleman in Adoration before the Madonna, Italian, c1560. Photograph: The National Gallery, London

A Gentleman in Adoration Before the Baptism of Christ, c1555-60. Photograph: Gerolamo and Roberta Etro

Gian Gerolamo Grumelli, c1560. Photograph: Lucretia Moroni Collection, Bergamo

Antonio Navagero by Giovanni Battista Moroni, 1565. Photograph: Photoservice ElectaUIG/Rex

Young Lady, c1560-65. Photograph: Private collection

The Tailor (‘Il Tagliapanni’) by Giovanni Battista Moroni. The National Gallery, London. Date painted: 1565-70. Oil on canvas, 99.5 x 77 cm. Collection: The National Gallery

Gian Girolamo Albani, c1570. Photograph: Private collection

Portrait of a Gentleman and His Two Daughters, c1572-75. Photograph: © National Gallery of Ireland

“Jvani Bațista Moroni wz wn v ɖ grtst pwtritists v 16^ʈsenčri Iṭli. Femd fr hiz gift fr capčrñ ɖ xct lîcṇs v hiz sitrz, h crietd pwtrits ɖt r az peṇtretñ n pârfl nâ az ɖe wr mr ɖn 400 yirz ago. Y wl b trnsfixt bî ɖer sîc̣lojicl depʈ n imījsi.

Ɖs z ɖ frst comprihnsv xibišn v ɖ ātist’s wrc in ɖ YC. W hv ṣlctd nt onli hiz rmāc̣bl pwtrits bt olso hiz lsr-nôn rlijs wrcs, ẇč wl b šôn sîd bî sîd. Amñ ɖm wl b nvr-bfr xibitd ōltrpìsz fṛm ɖ črčz v Berġmo n pêntñz md fr prîvt dvošn ɖt rflct ɖ ny rlijs îdiylz v hiz tîm.

Moroni’z pwtrits dpict ɖ ppl v ɖ wrld n tîm in ẇč h livd, fṛm elignt men n wimin v hî ssayti šôn in glitrñ dres t membrz v ɖ midl clas ingejd in ɖer trêd. Wn sč wrc z Ɖ Têlr, az hîli prezd in its tîm az it z nâ (reṿlušnri – Joṇʈn Jônz, Ɖ Gādịn). Ẇt ol v hiz wrcs šer z a stātlñ načṛlizm n vîtaḷti, rerli mačt bî uɖr ātists v ɖ pirı̣d n antisipetñ ɖ riylistc stîl v Caṛvajio n, lêtr, Mane.

Incumṗsñ hiz intîr c̣rir, ɖs xibišn z a loñ ovrdy seḷbrešn v an ātist ahd v hiz tîm n rîp fr rīdiscuvri.”

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