Portrait of Count Antonio Porcia and Brugnera (Italian: Ritratto del conte Antonio di Porcia e Brugnera) is an oil painting by Titian, dated to c. 1535-1540. It hangs in the Pinacoteca di Brera, in Milan.Pinacoteca di Brera
Description The portrait depicts a half-length figure in black, with his face turned forwards, and an energetic head in repose; across the breast is a broad gold chain with an ornament hanging from it; in the somewhat sombre lower portion of the picture there is the shining knob of the sword and the spot of white in the cuff.Gronau 1904, p. 130. His aristocratic left-hand rests idly on the balustrade.Gronau 1904, pp. 130–131. In the far distance, a last gleam of light still illumines for a moment a broad fall of water.Gronau 1904, p. 131. The work is signed "Titianus" on the window ledge.Ricketts 1910, p. 183.
Date According to , the style of the painting has so much similarlity with works of c. 1540-1543, that it must be assigned to that date.Gronau 1904, p. 293. The Brera however dates it slightly earlier, between 1535 and 1540.Pinacoteca di Brera.
Provenance Formerly in Castle Porcia, near Pordenone. Presented to the Brera Art Gallery in 1892 by the Duchess Litta Visconti.
See also List of works by Titian
References
Sources Gronau, Georg (1904). Titian. London: Duckworth and Co; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 130–131, 293. Ricketts, Charles (1910). Titian. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. p. 183, plate xcvi. "Portrait of Count Antonio Porcia and Brugnera". Pinacoteca di Brera. Retrieved 10 March 2023.