
Renaissance portraitist Giovanni Battista Moroni (c. 1520-1578) created remarkably direct and psychologically penetrating images of the Bergamasque bourgeoisie. Born in Albino near Bergamo, he trained with Moretto da Brescia and also painted religious works, though his portraits secured his reputation. His sitters were mainly local aristocrats, professionals, and merchants rather than major nobility.
Moroni painted his subjects against plain backgrounds with a naturalism and immediacy that distinguished him from more formal court portraitists. The Tailor (1565-70), showing a craftsman with scissors and cloth, represents one of the first full portraits of a working person in Western art. His Pace Rivola Spini may be the first full-length standing portrait of a woman alone. Around 150 portraits survive in good condition. Art historian Roberto Longhi suggested his realism prefigured Caravaggio. Today the National Gallery London holds The Tailor and other major works. The Accademia Carrara in Bergamo preserves the largest collection.
17 paintings catalogued with museum locations

Giovanni Battista Moroni
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Giovanni Battista Moroni
National Gallery, London

Giovanni Battista Moroni
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Giovanni Battista Moroni, 1570
National Gallery, London

Giovanni Battista Moroni, 1565
National Gallery, London

Giovanni Battista Moroni
Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, Milan

Giovanni Battista Moroni, 1551
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Giovanni Battista Moroni
Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Budapest

Giovanni Battista Moroni
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

Giovanni Battista Moroni
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Giovanni Battista Moroni, 1570
Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Bergamo

Giovanni Battista Moroni, 1556
National Gallery, London

Giovanni Battista Moroni
National Gallery, London

Giovanni Battista Moroni
Private Collection, Unknown
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Giovanni Battista Moroni
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Giovanni Battista Moroni
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Madrid

Giovanni Battista Moroni
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
11 museums display Moroni's works. Click any museum to see visiting info and the specific works they hold.

Unknown, Unknown
1 work on display

New York, USA
1 work on display



London, UK
5 works on display

Madrid, Spain
1 work on display

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Washington, D.C., United States
3 works on display

Vienna, Austria
1 work on display

Budapest, Hungary
1 work on display

Milan, Italy
1 work on display

Bergamo, Italy
1 work on display

Liechtenstein, Unknown
1 work on display

Milan, Italy
1 work on display
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