Minneapolis Institute of Art
Portrait of Pietro Aretino
Enea Vico
- Date
- c. 1541–60
- Medium
- Engraving and etching
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Italian author Pietro Aretino (1492-1556) ingratiated himself with Renaissance princes by having his portrait painted and delivered to their doorstep. According to the English art critic Roger E. Fry, he was a professional flatterer, bully, and tout. Enea Vico gave the imposing Aretino the aspect of a Roman emperor and framed him within a medallion. In this context the grotesque elements lodged in the margin--masks, animal heads, ripe fruits and vegetables--may function like the marginalia of illuminated manuscripts; that is, as expressions of covert appetites and desires. Italy, Europe
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