| Portrait of Daniele Barbaro | |
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| Artist | Paolo Veronese |
| Year | c. 1556–1567 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 121 cm × 105.5 cm (48 in × 41.5 in) |
| Location | Rijksmuseum,Amsterdam |
ThePortrait of Daniele Barbaro is an oil on canvas painting by the Italian Renaissance masterPaolo Veronese, fromc. 1556-1557. It is held in theRijksmuseum, inAmsterdam.Daniele Barbaro was a member of the Venetian aristocracy (seeBarbaro family). He was an important prelate, humanist and architectural theorist, who commissioned a number of works from Veronese. Veronese had been involved directly with Barbaro and his brotherMarcantonio Barbaro, decorating theVilla Barbaro,Maser, which Palladio designed.
Barbaro, who wasPatriarch of Aquileia, is dressed as a bishop. From 1561 he was also a cardinal; although this appointment was in pectore (not made public) he is sitting in theaudience posture (reserved normally for Popes and cardinals).
The book standing up is theLa Practica della Perspettiva, Barbaro's treatise on artistic perspective.[1] The other volume on the table is Barbaro's "Commentary" onVitruvius'De architectura,[2] which has illustrations byAndrea Palladio.Barbaro's Commentary on Vitruvius was published in Italian in 1556, but the portrait may be linked to the publication of a second edition in Latin in the 1560s.
Barbaro was also portrayed byTitian around 1545 in two versions in theMuseo del Prado and theNational Gallery of Canada.To commemorate the 500th anniversary of his birth, two portraits of Daniel Barbaro were brought together for a Venice exhibition in 2015, the painting by Titian from the Museo del Prado, and this painting from the Rijksmuseum.[3]
There is a portrait by Veronese in thePitti Palace, Florence, which has been described as Barbaro dressed as a Venetian aristocrat, but this identification is not certain.
