Venetian Admiral in Armor, Vincenzo Capello
ArtistSchool of
Titian
(Italian, ca. 1488-1576)
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1540
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 54 1/8 x 46 in. (137.5 x 116.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 66 1/2 x 57 1/2 in. (168.9 x 146.1 cm)
Overall, Frame: 66 1/2 x 57 1/2 in. (168.9 x 146.1 cm)
InscribedNot signed or dated. On the parapet: "Quinquies Dux"; below is the coat of arms for the Capello Family
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number74.23.9
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a oil on canvas painting. It is a three-quarter portrait of a gray-haired bearded man standing. He wears a red velvet cloak over armor, with a medallion on his right shoulder and a staff in his right hand. Standing in front of a wood parapet, his helmet rests behind him on the top of the wall. The family shield is displayed on the parapet.ProvenanceSchnackenberg, Munich, Germany, 1933; Dr. Stoecker, The Hague, Holland; Nicholas M. Acquavella, N.Y., 1958; Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Ma., 1958; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to The Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition History"Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown Inaugural Exhibition," Provincetown, Ma., 1958. "Gloria Dell'Arte: A Renaissance Perspective," Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Ok., Oct. 26, 1979 - Jan. 27, 1980. Published ReferencesW. Suida, _Le Titien_ (Paris: A. Weber, 1935), 85-169, plate 143 (CXLIII). Bertina S. Manning, _Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown Inaugural Exhibition_, exh. cat., Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Ma., 1958, 34-35, 107. Bertina Suida Manning, "Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto in the Collection of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.," _Arte Veneta_ XVI (1962): 49-59. Harold E. Wethey, _The Paintings of Titian_ (London: Phaidon, 1969), 83-84, no. 17. Dennis R. Anderson, "New Treasure: Titian," _Chrysler Museum Bulletin_ 4, no. 7 (July 1975): cover. Fern Rusk Shapley, _Catalogue of the Italian Paintings_ I (Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1979), 486.
ca. 1615
