Which museum has "Portrait of Fra Bonaventura Bisi, Called "Il Pittorino""?

"Portrait of Fra Bonaventura Bisi, Called "Il Pittorino"" is on display at Private collection.

What are the dimensions of "Portrait of Fra Bonaventura Bisi, Called "Il Pittorino""?

"Portrait of Fra Bonaventura Bisi, Called "Il Pittorino"" measures 94 × 77 cm.

GUERCINO: Portrait of Fra Bonaventura Bisi, Called „Il Pittorino“

Q: Who painted "Portrait of Fra Bonaventura Bisi, Called "Il Pittorino"" and when?

"Portrait of Fra Bonaventura Bisi, Called "Il Pittorino"" was painted by GUERCINO in c. 1658.

✦ GUERCINO

🖼 Portrait of Fra Bonaventura Bisi, Called „Il Pittorino“, c. 1658

◈ Oil on canvas

⊞ 94 × 77 cm

▣ Private collection

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Soft light models the friar's weathered face in three-quarter view, his contemplative gaze and brown habit rendered with intimate brushwork. Guercino captures the spiritual dignity of this minor painter-monk, documenting a forgotten artistic contemporary through portraiture's humanizing power.

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E. H. Gombrich

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