id: 109507 accession number: 1928.16 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.16 updated: 2023-08-25 11:18:29.789000 Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo, after c. 1571. Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528–1588). Oil on canvas; framed: 136.2 x 136.2 x 12.1 cm (53 5/8 x 53 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.); unframed: 102.2 x 104.2 cm (40 1/4 x 41 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. L. E. Holden, Mr. and Mrs. Guerdon S. Holden, and the L. E. Holden Fund 1928.16 title: Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: after c. 1571 creation date earliest: 1571 creation date latest: 1581 current location: 118 Italian Renaissance creditline: Gift of Mrs. L. E. Holden, Mr. and Mrs. Guerdon S. Holden, and the L. E. Holden Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, Venice, 16th century technique: oil on canvas department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: P - Italian 16th & 17th Century type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528–1588) - artist --- measurements: Framed: 136.2 x 136.2 x 12.1 cm (53 5/8 x 53 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 102.2 x 104.2 cm (40 1/4 x 41 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition opening date: 1936-06-26T04:00:00 The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936). title: The Venetian Tradition opening date: 1956-11-08T05:00:00 The Venetian Tradition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 8, 1956-January 1, 1957). title: The Golden Century of Venetian Painting opening date: 1978-10-28T04:00:00 The Golden Century of Venetian Painting. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (October 23, 1978-January 28, 1979). title: Venezia e la difea del Levante: da Lepanto a Candia 1570-1690 opening date: 1986-03-15T05:00:00 Venezia e la difea del Levante: da Lepanto a Candia 1570-1690. Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Venice, Italy (organizer) (March 15-July 20, 1986). title: The Secular Veronese opening date: 2004-09-22T00:00:00 The Secular Veronese. Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, France (organizer) (September 22, 2004-September 30, 2005); Museo Correr, Venice, Italy (February 11-May 29, 2005). title: Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice opening date: 2009-03-09T00:00:00 Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (March 15-August 16, 2009); Musée du Louvre, Paris, France (September 14, 2009-January 4, 2010). title: Paolo Veronese: Versatile Master of Renaissance Venice opening date: 2012-12-06T00:00:00 Paolo Veronese: Versatile Master of Renaissance Venice. John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL (organizer) (December 6, 2012-April 14, 2013). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA, 1956: "The Venetian Tradition," cat. no. 61, pl. XXXVIII (Catalogue by Henry S. Francis).
CMA, 1963: "The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of CMA," cat. no. 110. * Venice, Palazzo Justinian April 25-Nov. 4, 1939: "Mostra di Paolo Veronese," cat. no. 52 (catalogue by Rodolfo Pallucchini). * Los Angeles County Museum, 1979/80: "The Golden Century of Venetian Painting," cat. no. 44, repr. color. (Cataloge by Terisio Pignatti). * Palazzo Ducale, Venice, Italy; March 5-May 18, 1986: Venezia e la difesa del Levante: da Lepanto a Candia 1570-1670. cat. no. 13, p. 28, repr. * Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, November 13, 1988-February 20, 1989: "Veronese: Painter and Draftsman," cat. #. * Musée du Luxembourg, Paris (9/22/2004 - 1/30/2004) and Museo Correr, Venice (2/11/2005 - 5/29/2005): "The Secular Veronese", ex. cat. no.22, p.124-125. * Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (3/15/2009 - 8/16/2009) and Musée du Louvre, Paris (9/14/2009 - 1/4/2010): "Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice", ex. cat. no. 10, p.161.
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL (12/6/2012 - 4/14/2013): "Paolo Veronese: Versatile Master of Renaissance Venice", fig. 18, p. 130. --- PROVENANCE Possibly Giorgio Bergonzi (Venice, Italy), date: footnotes: citations: Possibly Manfrin, Venice, 1856] date: footnotes: citations: H. O. Miethke (Vienna, 1927]) date: footnotes: citations: Italico Brass, 1870-1943 (Venice, Italy), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS page number: url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 97 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n121 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 97 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n121 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 112 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n132 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982. page number: Reproduced: p.448; Mentioned: p. 449 url: Brucher, Günter. Geschichte der Venezianischen Malerei. Wien: Böhlau, 2007. page number: Reproduced: p. 232, Abb. 125 url: Zamperini, Alessandra. Paolo Veronese. San Giovanni Lupatoto (Verona): Arsenale, 2013. page number: Reproduced: p. 322 url: Gentili, Augusto. "Veronesiana com Figuris Almanacco 2000-2015 Parte Secunda." Venezia cinquecento 24, no. 47 (2014): 5-73. page number: Mentioned: p. 7; Reproduced: fig. 2 url: Cleveland Museum of Art. Masterworks on Loan: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Cleveland Museum of Art: First Quarter 2016. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016. page number: Reproduced p. 7 url: Neerman, Maja. Titian's Hidden Double Portrait: Unveiled After 500 Years. Lichtervelde : Hannibal, 2019, 76. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 76, fig. 74 url: Korthals Altes, Gerrit. De zwarte dood in Venetië: pest, politiek en kunst in de dogenstad. 2020, 26. page number: Reproduced: p. 26. url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1928.16/1928.16_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1928.16/1928.16_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1928.16/1928.16_full.tif