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| Keywords: A Classical Poet (Domenico Fetti) - Nationalmuseum - 23757.tif Artwork Creator Domenico Fetti A Classical Poet A Poet from Antiquity This imaginary portrait of a classical poet was part of a series of nine celebrated poets painted for the ducal court at Mantua Following Caravaggio �s lead Fetti chose as his model an ordinary man depicted without idealisation and with a strong physical presence The poet is portrayed as a mature man with a weather-beaten face and an inward-looking expression His balding head is crowned with laurels since antiquity a mark of distinction reserved for the victor whether emperor or poet A soft light is focused on the sensitively modelled face and powerful hands Fetti brings to life the inspired poet beneath the coarse exterior offering the viewer a portrait of the classical poet as intensely human as it is distinctly unheroic Fantasiporträttet av en antik poet utfördes vid hovet i Mantua som del av en serie om nio berömda poeter Inspirerad av Caravaggio valde Fetti som sin modell en man av folket avbildad utan idealisering och med en stark kroppslig närvarokänsla Poeten porträtteras som en mogen man med väderbitet ansikte och ett inåtvänt uttryck Hans nakna hjässa pryds av en lagerkrans sedan antiken en utmärkelse förbehållen såväl segerherre som poet Ljuset koncentreras till mannens känsligt modellerade ansikte och de kraftiga händerna Fetti bjuder betraktaren en djupt mänsklig bild av den inspirerade poeten under den opolerade ytan header This imaginary portrait of a classical poet was part of a series of nine celebrated poets painted for the ducal court at Mantua Following Caravaggio �s lead Fetti chose as his model an ordinary man depicted without idealisation and with a strong physical presence The poet is portrayed as a mature man with a weather-beaten face and an inward-looking expression His balding head is crowned with laurels since antiquity a mark of distinction reserved for the victor whether emperor or poet A soft light is focused on the sensitively modelled face and powerful hands Fetti brings to life the inspired poet beneath the coarse exterior offering the viewer a portrait of the classical poet as intensely human as it is distinctly unheroic Fantasiporträttet av en antik poet utfördes vid hovet i Mantua som del av en serie om nio berömda poeter Inspirerad av Caravaggio valde Fetti som sin modell en man av folket avbildad utan idealisering och med en stark kroppslig närvarokänsla Poeten porträtteras som en mogen man med väderbitet ansikte och ett inåtvänt uttryck Hans nakna hjässa pryds av en lagerkrans sedan antiken en utmärkelse förbehållen såväl segerherre som poet Ljuset koncentreras till mannens känsligt modellerade ansikte och de kraftiga händerna Fetti bjuder betraktaren en djupt mänsklig bild av den inspirerade poeten under den opolerade ytan - other date ca 1620 1621 Oil on canvas Olja på duk monterad på papp Size cm 110 140 Framed Size cm 134 164 8 Institution Nationalmuseum Stockholm accession number 23757 NM 6708 place of creation Erik Cornelius / Nationalmuseum Nationalmuseum Stockholm cooperation project Licensed-PD-Art PD-old-auto PD-Nationalmuseum_Stockholm 1623 Media contributed by Nationalmuseum Stockholm 2016-10 Paintings in the Nationalmuseum Stockholm Paintings by Domenico Fetti | ||||