Giovanni Battista Moroni (c. 1520 - 1579),

• Was an Italian painter of the Late Renaissance period.
• He also is called Giambattista Moroni.
• Best known for his elegantly realistic portraits of the local nobility and clergy.
• Moroni was the son of architect Andrea Moroni.
• He trained under Alessandro Bonvicino "Il Moretto" in Brescia.
• He worked in Trento, Bergamo and his home town of Albino, near Bergamo, where he was born and died.
• During his stay in Trento he also made contact with Titian and the Count-Bishop, Cristoforo Madruzzo, whose own portrait is by Titian, but for whom Moroni painted portraits of Madruzzo's sons.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Bartolommeo Bonghi (died 1584), shortly after 1553.
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Giovanni Battista Moroni, Abbess Lucrezia Agliardi Vertova (1490-1558), 1557

Original, MET-NY. Visited in 2017-20.

Giovanni Battista Moroni, Abbess Lucrezia Agliardi Vertova (1490-1558), 1557

Giovanni Battista Moroni, Bartolommeo Bonghi (died 1584), shortly after 1553

Original, MET-NY. Visited in 2017-20.

Giovanni Battista Moroni, Bartolommeo Bonghi (died 1584), shortly after 1553

Giovanni Battista Moroni, A Gentleman in Adoration before the Madonna, c. 1560

Original, NGA-DC. Visited in 2017-2018.

Giovanni Battista Moroni, A Gentleman in Adoration before the Madonna, c. 1560

Portrait of Leonardo Salvagno (?), (about 1570-5)

Original, The National Gallery - London. Visited in 2018-19.

Portrait of Leonardo Salvagno (?), (about 1570-5)

A Knight with his Jousting Helmet (about 1554-8)

Original, The National Gallery - London. Visited in 2018-19.

A Knight with his Jousting Helmet (about 1554-8)

Bust Portrait of a Young Man with an Inscription (about 1560)

Abbess Lucrezia Agliardi Vertova (1490-1558),(1557)

Bust Portrait of a Young Man with an Inscription (about 1560)

Portrait of a Lady ('La Dama in Rosso'), (about 1556-60)

Original, The National Gallery - London. Visited in 2018-19.

Lady in a Red Dress, c.(1560)

Original, Geäldegalerie Alte Meister,Dresden. Visited in 2018.

Lady in a Red Dress, c.(1560)

Gian Lodovico Madruzzo (1551-52)

Original, Art Institute of Chicago. Visited in 2018.

Gian Lodovico Madruzzo (1551-52)

Portrait of a Young Man, c. (1560)

Original, Pinacoteka di Brera, Milan. Visited in 2019.

Portrait of a Young Man, c. (1560)

Madonna and Child with St. Catherine, St. Francis and the Donor, c. (1550)

Original, Pinacoteka di Brera, Milan. Visited in 2019.

Madonna and Child with St. Catherine, St. Francis and the Donor, c. (1550)

Giovanni Battista Moroni - Portrait of a Man (1500s)

Original, Worcester Art Museum, MA. Visited in 2020.

Giovanni Battista Moroni - Portrait of a Man (1500s)

Giovanni Battista Moroni - The Resurrection of Christ

Original, Sotheby`s, New York. Visited in 2020.

Giovanni Battista Moroni - The Resurrection of Christ