Leonardo Loredan (Bellini)
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| Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan |
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| Giovanni Bellini , 1501 |
| Oil and tempera on poplar wood |
| 61 × 45 cm |
| National Gallery , London |
Leonardo Loredan is a portrait of the Doge Leonardo Loredan by Giovanni Bellini from 1501. It shows the Doge in his ceremonial costume. The picture hangs in the National Gallery in London today .
Emergence
Giovanni Bellini portrayed Leonardo Loredan in 1501, on the occasion of the assumption of the Doge's office, which he held until his death in 1521.
presentation
The Doge Loredan is shown in three-quarter profile in the style of official Venetian portraits behind a parapet. He wears the dog's cap, the corno ducale , a stiff cap in the shape of a horn over a white linen cap and the doge's stand-up collar with the striking buttons, the campanoni d'oro . With the help of the oil colors, Giovanni Bellini succeeded in reproducing the silky texture of the precious damask in contrast to the gold-interwoven areas. As with this picture, Giovanni Bellini preferred a light background, the flare-light effect and the undirected gaze to the side in his portraits. The psychological inaccessibility of his portraits is characteristic of the painting style of Giovanni Bellini and his brother Gentile . Giovanni Bellini painted Doge Loredan in the popular style of a portrait bust. Giovanni Bellini signed Loredan's portrait with his name in Latinized form on the piece of paper on the parapet: IOANNES BELLINVS.
literature
- Oskar Bätschmann : Giovanni Bellini. Master of the Venetian Painting. Beck, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-57094-0 .
- Stefan Weppelmann , On the shoulder look of the ermine similarities in the portrait of the Italian early Renaissance. In: Keith Christiansen, Stefan Weppelmann (ed.): Faces of the Renaissance. Hirmer, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-88609-706-7 , pp. 64–76, here: 65
- Otto Pächt : Venetian painting of the 15th century. The Bellinis and Mantegna. Edited by Margareta Vyoral-Tschapka and Michael Pächt. Prestel, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-7913-2810-7 .
- Anchise Tempestini: Giovanni Bellini. Hirmer, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7774-7930-6 .
Web links
- Doge Leonardo Loredan . The National Gallery. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
- Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan - Analysis
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Humfrey: The portrait in Venice of the 15th century. In: Keith Christiansen, Stefan Weppelmann (ed.): Faces of the Renaissance. Hirmer, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-88609-706-7 , pp. 48–63, here: 51.
- ↑ Doge Leonardo Loredan . The National Gallery. Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
