Portrait of a Gentleman with a Letter

C. 1540 painting by Moretto da Brescia

Portrait of a Gentleman with a Letter is a 1535–1540 painting by Moretto da Brescia, now in the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in Brescia, to which it was given in 1854. No record of it before that dates survives, though some art historians have identified it with a lost Portrait of Pietro Aretino recorded in correspondence.

References

Begni Redona, pag. 306
Fleres, pag. 285-286

Bibliography (in Italian)

Camillo Boselli, Il Moretto, 1498-1554, in "Commentari dell'Ateneo di Brescia per l'anno 1954 - Supplemento", Brescia 1954
Pietro Da Ponte, L'opera del Moretto, Brescia 1898
Ugo Fleres, La pinacoteca dell'Ateneo in Brescia in "Le gallerie nazionali italiane", anno 4, 1899
Gustavo Frizzoni, La Pinacoteca comunale Martinengo in Brescia in "Archivio storico dell'arte", Brescia 1889
Giovanni Morelli, Kunstkritische Studien über italienische Malerei - Die Galerien Borghese und Doria Panfili in Rom, Leipzig 1890
Giorgio Nicodemi, La pinacoteca Tosio e Martinengo, Bologna 1927
Gaetano Panazza, I Civici Musei e la Pinacoteca di Brescia, Bergamo 1958
Gaetano Panazza, La Pinacoteca e i Musei di Brescia, nuova edizione, Bergamo 1968
Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, Alessandro Bonvicino – Il Moretto da Brescia, Editrice La Scuola, Brescia 1988
Adolfo Venturi, Storia dell'arte italiana, volume IX, La pittura del Cinquecento, Milano 1929

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Paintings	Enthroned Madonna and Child with Saint James the Great and Saint Jerome (1517) Christ with the Cross (1518) The Dead Christ Adored by Saint Jerome and Saint Dorothy (1520–1521) Holy Cross Standard (1520–1521) Standard of Our Lady of Mercy (1520–1522) Salvation Triptych (1521–1524 or 1527–1528) Our Lady of Mount Carmel (c. 1522) Assumption of the Virgin (1524–1526) Portrait of a Man (1526) Supper at Emmaus (c. 1526) Madonna and Child with Saint Roch and Saint Sebastian (c. 1528) Orzinuovi Altarpiece (1525–1530} Lament over the Dead Christ (1526–1530) Sant'Eufemia Altarpiece (1526–1530) Assumption Altarpiece (1529–1530) St Anthony of Padua with Two Saints (1530) St Justina of Padua with a Donor (c. 1530) Madonna and Child with Saint Martin and Saint Catherine (c. 1530) Massacre of the Innocents (1531–1532) Saint Anthony Abbot (1530–1534) Coronation of the Virgin Altarpiece (c. 1534) The Deaf-Mute Filippo Viotti's Vision of the Virgin Mary (c. 1534) Annunciation (1535–1540) The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr (1535–1540) Portrait of a Gentleman with a Letter (1535–1540) Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista Organ Case (c. 1535) Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints (1536–1537) Rovelli Altarpiece (1539) Adoration of the Shepherds with Saints Nazarius and Celsus (1540) Madonna and Child with Saints (Verona, 1540) Salomé (1540) Pralboino Altarpiece (1540–1545) Christ in Glory with Saint Peter and Saint Paul (c. 1540) Christ with the Eucharist and Saints Cosmas and Damian (c. 1540) Madonna and Child with Four Doctors of the Church (c. 1540–1545) Madonna and Child with Saints (London, c. 1540–1545) Madonna and Child with an Angel (c. 1540–1550) Christ with Moses and Solomon (1541–1542) Portrait of Fortunato Martinengo Cesaresco (1542) Luzzago Altarpiece (1542) Madonna and Child with Four Saints (c. 1543) Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (c. 1543) Pentecost (1543–1544) Supper in the House of Simon the Pharisee (1544) Christ with the Eucharist and Saints Bartholomew and Roch (c. 1545) Portrait of an Ecclesiastic (c. 1545) Christ and the Angel (c. 1550)

Moretto da Brescia

Paintings

Enthroned Madonna and Child with Saint James the Great and Saint Jerome (1517)
Christ with the Cross (1518)
The Dead Christ Adored by Saint Jerome and Saint Dorothy (1520–1521)
Holy Cross Standard (1520–1521)
Standard of Our Lady of Mercy (1520–1522)
Salvation Triptych (1521–1524 or 1527–1528)
Our Lady of Mount Carmel (c. 1522)
Assumption of the Virgin (1524–1526)
Portrait of a Man (1526)
Supper at Emmaus (c. 1526)
Madonna and Child with Saint Roch and Saint Sebastian (c. 1528)
Orzinuovi Altarpiece (1525–1530}
Lament over the Dead Christ (1526–1530)
Sant'Eufemia Altarpiece (1526–1530)
Assumption Altarpiece (1529–1530)
St Anthony of Padua with Two Saints (1530)
St Justina of Padua with a Donor (c. 1530)
Madonna and Child with Saint Martin and Saint Catherine (c. 1530)
Massacre of the Innocents (1531–1532)
Saint Anthony Abbot (1530–1534)
Coronation of the Virgin Altarpiece (c. 1534)
The Deaf-Mute Filippo Viotti's Vision of the Virgin Mary (c. 1534)
Annunciation (1535–1540)
The Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr (1535–1540)
Portrait of a Gentleman with a Letter (1535–1540)
Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista Organ Case (c. 1535)
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints (1536–1537)
Rovelli Altarpiece (1539)
Adoration of the Shepherds with Saints Nazarius and Celsus (1540)
Madonna and Child with Saints (Verona, 1540)
Salomé (1540)
Pralboino Altarpiece (1540–1545)
Christ in Glory with Saint Peter and Saint Paul (c. 1540)
Christ with the Eucharist and Saints Cosmas and Damian (c. 1540)
Madonna and Child with Four Doctors of the Church (c. 1540–1545)
Madonna and Child with Saints (London, c. 1540–1545)
Madonna and Child with an Angel (c. 1540–1550)
Christ with Moses and Solomon (1541–1542)
Portrait of Fortunato Martinengo Cesaresco (1542)
Luzzago Altarpiece (1542)
Madonna and Child with Four Saints (c. 1543)
Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (c. 1543)
Pentecost (1543–1544)
Supper in the House of Simon the Pharisee (1544)
Christ with the Eucharist and Saints Bartholomew and Roch (c. 1545)
Portrait of an Ecclesiastic (c. 1545)
Christ and the Angel (c. 1550)

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