1594
oil
canvas
From the collection of Walters Art Museum
Dominant colour
Portrait of Doge Marino Grimani is a 1594 oil by Pietro Malombra, a Mannerism work, held at Walters Art Museum.
This painting is a portrait of a man sitting in a chair. He is wearing a robe with a patterned design and a hat. The background is dark, with some lighter areas that suggest curtains or drapes. The man's robe is intricately designed, with a pattern of leaves and flowers. His hat is also decorated with a pattern, and he is holding a scepter in his right hand. The overall effect is one of grandeur and authority. The painting is done in oil paint and features a technique called chiaroscuro, which uses strong contrasts between light and dark to create a sense of volume and depth. To learn more about this technique, look up chiaroscuro.
Pietro Malombra (1556–1618) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance, active in his adoptive city of Venice.
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