Artwork
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) in pelzverbrämtem Mantel, Brustbild
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) in pelzverbrämtem Mantel, Brustbild is an oil painting by the Early Baroque Italian artist Tiberio Titi. It dates from 1611 and is held in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. This portrait, painted in oil, depicts a man in a simple, dark outfit with a light collar.
About this work
Subject & Meaning
The work depicts Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) in a bust-length portrait format, capturing the renowned scientist in a fur-trimmed mantle.
The work depicts Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) in a bust-length portrait format, capturing the renowned scientist in a fur-trimmed mantle. Created in 1611, the painting presents the subject as the central figure, emphasizing his status through formal attire rather than allegorical objects or specific scientific instruments. As a portrait genre piece, the image serves to memorialize Galileo during the early phase of his public scientific career, offering a direct visual representation of the man himself.
The composition focuses on the individual's presence, establishing his identity as the primary iconographic element without additional symbolic layers described in the available records.
Technique & Style
The portrait is executed in oil paint on canvas, a standard support for early seventeenth-century Italian portraiture. The work is a half-length bust-format depiction, measuring 57 cm in height by 40 cm in width. Its modest scale and bust-length composition are consistent with the intimate, formal portrait conventions of the period, focusing attention on the sitter's head and shoulders rendered against a plain ground.
History & Provenance
Attributed to the artist Tiberio Titi, this oil painting on canvas depicts Galileo Galilei and was created in 1611. The work, measuring 57 by 40 units, is currently held in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, where it is located at Schloss Ambras in Innsbruck. No further details regarding specific commissions, previous ownership chains, or the circumstances of its creation are provided in the available records.
The portrait of Galileo Galilei by Tiberio Titi, dated 1611, is held by the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, where it forms part of the museum's collection. It is associated with the holdings at Schloss Ambras Innsbruck, the museum's historic branch. The work is catalogued as an oil on canvas measuring 57 × 40 cm.
No specific accession number is recorded in the available sources, and no exhibition history is documented beyond its presence in the Kunsthistorisches Museum collection.
Overview
This portrait, painted in oil, depicts a man in a simple, dark outfit with a light collar. Created in 1611, it is held in the Kunsthistorisches Museum collection.
Artist & collection
Artist
Tiberio di Tito (1573–1627) was an Italian painter. He was born in Florence. He was the son and pupil of the late-Mannerist painter Santi di Tito. He specialized in portrait painting, including small pencil portraits,…
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