Portrait of an Old Man
mid-1500s
Giulio Campi
Giulio Campi (Italian, c. 1500–1572)
European Painting and Sculpture
Portrait of an Old Man, mid-1500s. Attributed to Giulio Campi (Italian, c. 1500–1572). Oil on wood; framed: 120.7 x 91.4 x 11.4 cm (47 1/2 x 36 x 4 1/2 in.); unframed: 92.4 x 63.5 cm (36 3/8 x 25 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Holden Collection 1916.794 Part of a distinguished family of Northern northern Italian painters, Campi depicts his sitter with an unidealized face dominated by carefully observed wrinkles. He stares out intently while grasping what may be a letter with its paper seal broken in his right hand. Despite this intense gaze the figure does not establish a lively connection with the viewer, and his mood remains distant and reserved, in keeping with Renaissance ideas about elegant comportment. Though his costume appears plain, the sumptuous black fabric was indicative of high status in some parts of Europe. --Michele Frederick (December 2011)
- Maker/Artist
- Campi, Giulio
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- Framed: 120.7 x 91.4 x 11.4 cm (47 1/2 x 36 x 4 1/2 in.); Unframed: 92.4 x 63.5 cm (36 3/8 x 25 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1916.794
- Credit Line
- Holden Collection
- Exhibitions
- Inaugural Exhibition, The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition, Boston, 1883. American Exhibition of Foregin Products, Arts, and Maufctures: Art Department, "Jarves Collection," cat. no. 426. <br>The Cleveland Art Loan Exhibition, Jan. 1884, no. 13<br>CMA: The Inaugural Exhibition, cat. no. 39, (as Venetian School, 16th century...very much in the manner of Tintoretto), 1916	<br>CMA: The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, no. 79 (as Giulio Campi?), 1936
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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