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Bartolomeo Bonghi (died 1584)

shortly after 1553
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 612
Dressed in his professorial robes and three-cornered hat, the legal scholar Bartolomeo Bonghi is shown holding a book on Roman civil law dedicated to him by its author in 1553. Through the open window is a tower that was one of the city of Bergamo’s most identifiable landmarks. Moroni was admired throughout northern Italy for his ability to capture his sitters "from life," or "from nature," in the words of the Venetian artist Titian. Works such as this were doubtless studied by the young Caravaggio.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bartolomeo Bonghi (died 1584)
  • Artist: Giovanni Battista Moroni (Italian, Albino, no later than 1524–1578 Albino)
  • Date: shortly after 1553
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions: 40 x 32 1/4 in. (101.6 x 81.9 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1913
  • Object Number: 13.177
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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