# Portrait of Vincenzo Guarignoni

**Giovanni Battista Moroni** (Italian, 1525–1578)  
c. 1572  
oil on canvas  
Framed: 91 x 80 x 8 cm (35 13/16 x 31 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 63 x 50.8 cm (24 13/16 x 20 in.)

Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1962.1. [The museum's record](https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.1).

## About this work

The Latin inscription gives the sitter's name and age (45), as well as the painting's date. Guarignoni came from a prominent family in the northern Italian city of Bergamo. His direct and thoughtful gaze enhances the painting’s lifelike quality, while the solemn detachment conveys dignity and excellence rather than an exact personality, a common approach in Renaissance portraiture.

_Text from the Cleveland Museum of Art._

Giovanni Battista Moroni painted this in about 1572, aged about 42. It is now at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Giovanni Battista Moroni](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/giovanni-battista-moroni)

Italian, 1525–1578

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: Italy, Bergamo
- The artist was about 42
- Real size: about 25 × 20 in (63 × 51 cm). The 18 × 24 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 16th century
- Movement: [Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/renaissance)
- Colour: black
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

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