Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428-1501) e Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, nata nel 1456)

Probabilmente 1470

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 602

Hans Memling fu il più importante pittore di Bruges dal 1465 fino alla sua morte, avvenuta nel 1494. Qui vediamo raffigurati Tommaso e Maria Portinari, componenti della vasta comunità mercantile italiana di Bruges, dove Tommaso fu a capo di una filiale della banca dei Medici dal 1465 al 1478. Questi ritratti, capolavori dell’arte rinascimentale dei Paesi del Nord, furono probabilmente commissionati in occasione delle nozze della coppia nel 1470, quando Maria aveva all’incirca quattordici anni e Tommaso circa quarantadue. In origine i dipinti formavano le ali di un trittico portatile ed affiancavano un’ immagine religiosa della Madonna col Bambino.

Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456), Hans Memling (Netherlandish, Seligenstadt, active by 1465–died 1494 Bruges), Oil on wood — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

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14.40.626

14.40.627

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Fig. 1. Hypothetical reconstruction of the portraits of Tommaso and Maria Portinari (The Met, 14.40.626–27) with Hans Memling, "Virgin and Child," ca. 1470, oil on oak, 39.4 x 29.9 cm; painted surface: 37.9 x 28 cm (National Gallery, London). Reconstruction design by Timothy Newbery with Evan Read

Fig. 2. Luca della Robbia, "Virgin and Child," ca. 1455 (The Met, 14.40.685)

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Fig. 3. Unknown Painter, "Isabella of Bourbon and Charles the Bold," mid-sixteenth century, oil on wood, 22 x 28.8 cm (Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent)

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Fig. 4. Netherlandish Painter, "Margaret of York," ca. 1468, oil on oak, 20.5 x 12 cm, (Musée du Louvre, Paris)

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Fig. 5. Hugo van der Goes, detail of Maria Portinari from the "Portinari Triptych," right wing, ca. 1477–78, oil on oak, 253 x 141 cm (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence)

Fig. 6. Infrared reflectogram of 14.40.626

Fig. 7. Infrared reflectogram of 14.40.627

Fig. 8. X-radiograph of 14.40.626

Fig. 9. X-radiograph of 14.40.627

Fig. 10. Lead distribution map acquired by XRF imaging

Fig. 11. Copper distribution map acquired by XRF imaging; image has been enhanced to make the copper in the hennin more readily visible

Fig. 12. Mercury distribution map acquired by XRF imaging

Fig. 13. Calcium distribution map acquired by XRF imaging

Fig. 14. Photomicrograph of black band (7.5 x magnification)

Fig. 15. Mercury distribution map acquired by XRF imaging

Fig. 16. Copper distribution map acquired by XRF imaging

Fig. 17. Lead distribution map acquired by XRF imaging

Fig. 18. Photomicrograph of blue highlight in drapery (4.75x magnification)

Titolo: Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428-1501) e Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, nata nel 1456)

Artista: Hans Memling, Olandese, attivo tra il 1465 e il 1494

Data: Probabilmente 1470

Materiale e tecnica: Olio su tavola

Dimensioni: Tommaso, complessivamente 44,1 x 33,7 cm, superficie dipinta 42,2 x 31,8 cm; Maria, complessivamente 44,1 x 34 cm, superficie dipinta 42,2 x 32,1 cm

Crediti: Lascito di Benjamin Altman, 1913

Numero d'inventario: 14.40.626–27

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