About Giovanni Battista Moroni
Renaissance portraits of tailors and merchants painted with a naturalism that anticipated Caravaggio and defied portraiture's social rules
Where to see Giovanni Battista Moroni
Ranked by works you can see in person.
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11 works
National Gallery
London, United Kingdom
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4 works
Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Berlin, Germany
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4 works
Accademia Carrara
Bergamo, Italy
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3 works
Munich Central Collecting Point
Munich, Germany
Also here (6)
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3 works
National Gallery of Art
Washington D.C., United States
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3 works
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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3 works
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
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2 works
Führermuseum
Linz, Austria
Also here (6)
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2 works
Städel Museum
Frankfurt, Germany
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2 works
Condé Museum
Chantilly, France
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Portrait of Lucrezia Agliardi Vertova - Giovanni Battista Moroni
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Portrait of Bartolomeo Bonghi - Giovanni Battista Moroni
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Portrait of Bartolomeo Bonghi - Giovanni Battista Moroni
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2 works
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna, Austria
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2 works
National Gallery of Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
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1 works
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Boston, United States
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1 works
National Galleries Scotland
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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1 works
Louvre
Paris, France
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1 works
Mauritshuis
The Hague, Netherlands
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1 works
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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1 works
Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service
Colchester, United Kingdom
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1 works
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, United States
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1 works
Wallraf–Richartz Museum
Cologne, Germany
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1 works
Princeton Art Museum
Princeton, United States
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1 works
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery
Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
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1 works
Nantes Museum of Arts
Nantes, France
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1 works
Museo de Arte de Worcester
Worcester, United States
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1 works
Museo del Prado
Madrid, Spain
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1 works
Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Milan, Italy
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1 works
Hermitage Museum
Saint Petersburg, Russia
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1 works
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, United States
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1 works
Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
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1 works
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit, United States
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1 works
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis, United States
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1 works
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Halifax, United Kingdom
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1 works
Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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1 works
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
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1 works
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Canada
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Who was Giovanni Battista Moroni?
Giovanni Battista Moroni was born around 1525 in Albino, near Bergamo, and was the son of an architect. He trained under Moretto da Brescia, whose influence is visible in his religious paintings.What is Giovanni Battista Moroni known for?
Giovanni Battista Moroni is known for his portraits, which made his reputation, and his painting The Tailor (c. 1570). The Tailor depicts a working man with scissors and cloth, looking at the viewer, which was unusual in Renaissance Italy where portraiture was mainly for aristocrats and clergy.What was Giovanni Battista Moroni's art style?
Moretto da Brescia's influence is visible in Giovanni Battista Moroni's religious paintings, but less so in his portraits. Roberto Longhi called Moroni's naturalism an anticipation of Caravaggio.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Giovanni Battista Moroni's works across the following collections.
- [1] museum Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Used for: museum holdings.
- [2] book Beard, Lee, 1973- author, Butler, Adam, author; Van Cleave, Claire, author; Fortenberry, Diane, author; Stirling, Susan, author, Beard, Lee, 1973- author, Butler, Adam, author; Van Cleave, Claire, author; Fortenberry, Diane, author; Stirling, Susan, author - The Art Book_ New Edition, Mini Format Used for: biography.
- [3] book Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), The Age of Caravaggio Used for: biography.
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