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Portrait of a Gentleman (Melone)

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1513 painting by Altobello Melone
Portrait of Gentleman
Portrait of Cesare Borgia
ArtistAltobello Melone
Yearc. 1513
MovementRenaissance
Dimensions58.1 cm × 48.2 cm (22.9 in × 19.0 in)
LocationAccademia Carrara, Bergamo
OwnerGuglielmo Lochis

Portrait of a Gentleman is a 1513 oil on wood panel by Altobello Melone. It is kept in the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo.

It is one of the most famous paintings from the collection of Count Guglielmo Lochis, where for it was thought to be a portrait of Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI. The attribution to Altobello Melone was first made in 1871. It was confirmed in 1955 by Mina Gregori, who compared the portrait in eccentric style to Melone's The road to Emmaus.

Some three hundred years after the portrait was painted, the Borgia family ordered a copy from Pelagio Palagi, and the copy was discussed at some length by Antoine-Claude Pasquin.

References

  1. "Portrait of a gentleman (Cesare Borgia?)". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  2. "Ritratto di Cesare Borgia". LombardiaBeniCulturali (in Italian). Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. Anderson, Jaynie. "Portrait of a gentleman (Cesare Borgia?)". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  4. Crowe, J.A.; Cavalcaselle, G.B. (1871). A history of painting in Northern Italy. London: John Murray. p. 453.
  5. Gregori, Mina (1955). "Altobello, il Romanino e il cinquecento cremonese". Paragone (69): 9–10, 14–15.
  6. Valéry, M. (1835). Voyages historiques et littéraires en Italie pendant les années 1826, 1827 et 1828; ou, L'indicateur italien. Brussels: Louis Hauman et Compagnie. p. 54, 77.
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