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The inscription tells us that this is seventeen-year-old Stefano Nani from Auro painted by Licinio in the year 1528. Auro is a village in the Alps to the north of Brescia in Lombardy, which at the time was ruled by Venice. Stefano is presented as a pensive young man, gazing dreamily into the distance. Licinio has made Stefano’s clothes fill almost the whole composition to create a sense of his imposing physical presence despite his young age. The grey fur lining of his open black robe is shaped almost as an arrow and the angle of his broadly spread arms directs our attention up in an inverted ‘V’ to his brightly lit oval face against the plain beige background. The pensive mood, restricted palette, plain background and subtle use of light and shade suggest the influence of the Venetian painters Titian and Giorgione.
Title
Portrait of Stefano Nani
Date
1528
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 91.4 x W 77 cm
Accession number
NG1309
Acquisition method
Bought, 1890
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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