Logo_Tornabuoni_Arte_VETTORIALE ORO NEW copiaLogo_Tornabuoni_Arte_VETTORIALE ORO NEW copiaLogo_Tornabuoni_Arte_VETTORIALE ORO NEW copiaLogo_Tornabuoni_Arte_VETTORIALE ORO NEW copia
  • Collections
    • Paintings
      • Fondi oro
      • Renaissance and Mannerism
      • Baroque
      • Neoclassicism and 19th century
    • Sculpture
      • Middle Ages
      • Renaissance and Mannerism
      • Baroque
      • Neclassicism and 19th century
    • Furniture
      • Cabinets
      • Chest of drawers
      • Chests
      • Sideboard
      • Bookcases
      • Chairs
      • Tables
      • More
    • Objects
  • Catalogues
  • News
  • Video
  • About Us
  • Contacts
  • About Us
  • Contacts
  • English
  • Italian
✕

Portrait of Giulio Buratti

  • Home
  • Collections
  • Paintings Baroque
  • Portrait of Giulio Buratti
BARTOLOMEO GENNARI

d301

BARTOLOMEO GENNARI

Cento 1594-Bologna 1661

Portrait of Giulio Buratti

oil on canvas, 87×68.5 cm

 

It is to Emilio Negro that we owe the recognition of the subject of this portrait and the attribution to Benedetto Gennari; the scholar has authored a study which casts light on the elements which make the work so interesting. The portrayed personality is a man in his mature years, shown wearing a sumptuous inlaid armour. In front of him, on the table top where the commander rests his helmet, we find a lead holder and a compass; to their left we glimpse a plan for a stronghold.

Negro explains that the chronological dates and style may be retraced to the Emilian school inspired by Guercino, and specifically to Bartolomeo Gennari, an artist who was the faithful collaborator of Guercino, and who “followed him when he moved from Modena to Reggio Emilia and who moved along with him to Bologna when the artist from Cento relocated his workshop from his native city to the Emilian capital” on the death of his rival Guido Reni in 1642. The attribution to Gennari, argues the scholar, is evident due to the “fluid and soft painting style which reminds of Guercino’s while featuring very personalized traits”, which are also to be found in other works by the author, from the youthful ones as the Crucifixion of Pieve di Cento to the more mature works which are more clearly influenced by the master, as for instance the Incredulity of Saint Thomas of Cento, Pinacoteca Comunale, and the Marriage of the Virgin at the Galleria Estense in Modena.

Returning to the portrayed personality, the available elements cannot but suggest an activity which is both linked to military life and to the architectural professions; these elements, along with the evident geographic origin of the work, have led Negro to identify the man as Giulio Buratti (1577-1652), “military engineer, superintendent and general accountant of the papal fortresses during the government of Pope Urban VIII”. Indeed, according to the scholar the map represents “one of the four lanceolate bastions of the inner walls of the four-sided stronghold”, the Forte Urbano of Castelfranco Emilia, which was previously located between the Papal State and the dominion of the Este family, a fortress which has been represented precisely by the master of the artist, Guercino, in his Portrait of cardinal Bernardino Spada. In fact, the cardinal was entrusted with the supervision of the construction of the fortress.

Emilio Negro has informed us of his intention to present the painting in an article to be published in the near future.

Share

In the same collection:

PIETER HOFMANS ALSO KNOWN AS GIANNIZZERO

d101a

March 3, 2022

Clash with firearms


Read more
PIETER HOFMANS ALSO KNOWN AS GIANNIZZERO

d101b

March 3, 2022

Clash with weapons


Read more
GIOVANNI ANTONIO BURRINI

d276

March 4, 2022

Artemisia


Read more
GIOVANNI CAMILLO SAGRESTANI

d388

March 4, 2022

Madonna with Child and the souls in purgatory


Read more

Tornabuoni Arte – Arte Antica

We look forward to seeing you at the ground floor of the prestigious fourteenth-century building overlooking via Maggio. We host a rich collection of pieces from various eras and origins, both paintings, sculptures and furniture, from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.

Opening hours:

-Tuesday-Saturday
9.30 am - 1 pm / 2.30 pm - 7.00 pm

Contacts:

Address: via Maggio 40r, Florence - 50125
tel. +39 055 - 2670260
fax. +39 055 - 2678032 
mail. antichita@tornabuoniarte.it
© 2020 Tornabuoni Arte. Powered by meltin'Concept
Privacy PolicyCookie Policy
Disclosure requirements for public funding: State and De Minimis aids received by this company are published in the National Register of State Aids, pursuant to art-52 of Law 234/2012, and can be consulted by entering tax code field, the CF 04466800481
Direct Link

English
  • English
  • Italian
  • English
  • Italian