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Portrait of the Ambassador Gabriel de Luetz d’Aramont

Titian1541/1542

Sforzesco Castle

Sforzesco Castle
Milan, Italy

Gabriel
  de Luetz d’Aramont was a highly skilled diplomat, but also an unscrupulous
  and violent man of arms, employed by Francis I of France on numerous missions
  in Turkey. He commissioned his portrait from Titian probably in 1541-1542,
  during the longest of his stays in Venice. X-ray analysis of the painting has revealed to us that
  the portrait had a tormented genesis: Titian
  spent a lot of time on the formal layout of the portrait, as shown by the two
  previous versions that emerged from the analysis. The psychological insight typical of the artist’s other
  portraits is not particularly strong here, but the pictorial quality, the
  refined colour choices and the play of light on the background and on the
  face is remarkable.

Details

  • Title: Portrait of the Ambassador Gabriel de Luetz d’Aramont
  • Creator: Tiziano Vecellio
  • Date Created: 1541/1542
  • Location: Castello Sforzesco, Pinacoteca, Milan
  • Physical Dimensions: 76 x 74 cm
  • Provenance: Purchase from Luigi Alberico Trivulzio,1935
  • Transcript:
    “TICIANUS F.” e “MONS. DE ARAMONT IMBASATOR DE RE DI FRANC [...] / A CONSTANTINOPOLI”
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  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: Comune di Milano - Civiche Raccolte Artistiche, Castello Sforzesco, Milano
  • External Link: https://pinacoteca.milanocastello.it/
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
  • Art Genre: Portrait
  • Art Form: Painting
  • Original title: Ritratto dell’ambasciatore Gabriel de Luetz d’Aramont
  • Artist Nationality: Italian
  • Artist Death Place: Venice
  • Artist Death Date: 1576
  • Artist Birth Place: Pieve di Cadore, Belluno
  • Artist Birth Date: 1488/1489

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