Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo
Paolo VeroneseLinkedCulture matchlcp-77ddf44e0982
- Date
- after c. 1571
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Culture
- Italy, Venice
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 109507
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Barbarigo served as second in command of the Venetian naval forces during the Battle of Lepanto, fighting against the Ottoman Empire on October 7, 1571. During the skirmish, Barbarigo was slain by a Turkish arrow, which he holds in the portrait. Barbarigo’s identity is defined by his military prowess. In the 1500s, Venetian military portraits often portrayed the sitter in armor in a pose typical of a Roman emperor, creating a link to the valor and might of ancient armies. The arrow symbolically indicates that this portrait was painted after the sitter died in battle.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. L. E. Holden, Mr. and Mrs. Guerdon S. Holden, and the L. E. Holden Fund
- Provenance
- Possibly Giorgio Bergonzi (Venice, Italy), | Possibly Manfrin, Venice, 1856] | H. O. Miethke (Vienna, 1927]) | Italico Brass, 1870-1943 (Venice, Italy), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
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