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Moretto da Brescia - Portrait of Count Fortunato Martinengo Cesaresco [1540-45]
Moretto da Brescia - Portrait of Count Fortunato Martinengo Cesaresco [1540-45]
London National Gallery - Google Art Project
The sitter is probably Fortunato Martinengo Cesaresco, a scholarly nobleman of Brescia. The painting may date from 1542 when he married. Rare ancient coins and the bronze foot suggest the interests of a scholarly collector and were also fit subjects for melancholy reflection. 'Alas, I desire too much' is written in Greek upon his cap badge.
Source:
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cid-classification/classificat...
Moretto da Brescia - Portrait of Count Fortunato Martinengo Cesaresco [1540-45]
Moretto da Brescia - Portrait of Count Fortunato Martinengo Cesaresco [1540-45]
London National Gallery - Google Art Project
The sitter is probably Fortunato Martinengo Cesaresco, a scholarly nobleman of Brescia. The painting may date from 1542 when he married. Rare ancient coins and the bronze foot suggest the interests of a scholarly collector and were also fit subjects for melancholy reflection. 'Alas, I desire too much' is written in Greek upon his cap badge.
Source:
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cid-classification/classificat...