18rh Century engraving
TOMMASO MANZUOLI ( 1532 - 1571 )
Tommaso Manzuoli, known as Maso de San Friano was a Italian mannerist painter, he worked in the Cathedral of the city of Prato as well as in different churches of Florence, he participated in the decoration of the " Palazzo Vechio " commissioned by Francis I de Medici, his work is preserved almost entirely in the city of Florence.
ICONOGRAFÍA / ICONOGRAPHY
Tipología de Retrato: Retrato académico/biográfico en busto corto, con disposición de tres cuartos orientada hacia la derecha y mirada frontal directa al espectador, postura habitual en la retratística conmemorativa del siglo XVIII.
Atributos y Vestimenta:
Indumentaria: Viste un jubón abotonado de cuello alzado (giubbone) con cuello de camisa sobrio e interior plegado (lattuga o lechuguilla incipiente), característico de la moda académica y artesanal del manierismo florentino de mediados del siglo XVI.
Ausencia de Atributos del Oficio: No incluye paleta, pinceles ni bocetos; se privilegia la dignidad intelectual del artista como hombre de letras e invención (disegno) sobre el trabajo manual de la pintura.
Fisionomía y Caracterización: Facciones maduras, cabello corto y barba poblada bien recortada, adaptando el lenguaje del grabado clasicista del Settecento a la imagen idealizada del pintor del Cinquecento.
Composición y Fondo: Fondo neutro resuelto mediante una densa trama ortogonal cruzada (cross-hatching), concebida para resaltar el contorno de la figura e imprimir un carácter tridimensional y severo.
Inscripción Epigráfica: Cartela inferior con la leyenda tipográfica TOMMASO MANZUOLI PITTORE FIORENTINO, empleada para la identificación formal del artista dentro de las biografías ilustradas florentinas.
Portrait Type: Academic/biographical portrait, bust-length, three-quarter view facing right, with a direct frontal gaze towards the viewer, a common pose in commemorative portraits of the 18th century.
Attributes and Clothing:
Clothing:
He wears a buttoned doublet with a high collar (giubbone) and a simple shirt collar with a pleated inner lining (lattuga or incipient ruff), characteristic of the academic and artisanal fashion of Florentine Mannerism in the mid-16th century.
Absence of Professional Tools:
No palette, brushes, or sketches are included; the intellectual dignity of the artist as a man of letters and invention (disegno) is emphasized over the manual labor of painting.
Physiognomy and Characterization:
Mature features, short hair, and a full, well-trimmed beard, adapting the style of 18th-century classical engraving to the idealized image of the 16th-century painter.
Composition and Background:
Neutral background achieved through a dense cross-hatching, designed to highlight the figure's outline and create a three-dimensional and austere character.
Epigraphic Inscription:
Lower cartouche with the typographic legend TOMMASO MANZUOLI PITTORE FIORENTINO, used for the formal identification of the artist within Florentine illustrated biographies.
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