August 5, 2014 to October 26, 2014
From 1570 to 1576, El Greco (1541–1614) worked in Rome,
where he endeavored to establish himself as a portrait painter.
The artist’s
magnificent Vincenzo Anastagi ― a full-length standing portrait
representing the largest of only three examples of his work in this genre to
survive from the period ― offers a vital expression of his ambition and
invention. To mark the 400th anniversary of El Greco’s death, the Frick pairs Vincenzo
Anastagi, purchased by Henry Clay Frick in 1913, with the rarely seen Portrait
of Jacopo Boncompagni by the artist’s Roman contemporary Scipione
Pulzone (ca. 1540/42–1598), on loan from a private collection. Both subjects
are depicted wearing armor, which communicated a complex range of associations
with masculinity, military valor, wealth, and social status. Pulzone’s refined
portrait of Boncompagni, commander of the papal army during the reign of his
father, Pope Gregory XIII, epitomizes the elegant style that dominated
high-society portraiture in late sixteenth-century Rome. El Greco’s expressive
portrayal of Anastagi, appointed by Boncompagni as sergeant major of Rome’s
Castel Sant’Angelo in 1575, stands in stark contrast, underscoring the artist’s
innovative departures from convention. The exhibition is organized by Jeongho
Park, Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellow.
www.frick.org/exhibitions/el_greco#sthash.1i0qxmI8.dpuf
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