Προσωπογραφία του Σπυρίδωνος Μαυρογένη
2009
unspecified
From the collection of Historical & Ethnological Society of Greece
Προσωπογραφία του Σπυρίδωνος Μαυρογένη is a 2009 unspecified by Dugarden, held at Historical & Ethnological Society of Greece.
This is a portrait of a man with a long white beard and glasses. He wears a tall red hat and a fancy jacket covered in shiny medals and pins. The background is dark and faded, making his face stand out. The painting looks old, with some paint chipped away. The medals and the way the light hits his face give it a slightly three-dimensional feel. Next, check out chiaroscuro to see how artists use light and shadow like this.
He painted one portrait and then vanished. Dugarden’s single known work, a 1790s Greek merchant’s likeness in stiff black coat and white cravat, stares back like a man who just remembered an urgent errand. Whether he…
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