THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Robert Smith
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| Giovanni Battista Moroni's “Two Donors in Adoration before the Madonna and Child and St. Michael,” circa 1557-60. One of his innovations was removing donors from the religious setting, showing them as citizens of the world.CreditVirginia Museum of Fine Arts
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It’s not often that the paintings of an Italian Renaissance master arrive in a New York museum unadorned by the aura of fame and towering talent, but so it is with Giovanni Battista Moroni. The art of this 16th-century painter who excelled at remarkably naturalistic portraits is having its first American survey at the
Frick Collection in “Moroni: The Riches of Renaissance Portraiture.” Partly because Moroni’s reputation does not much precede him in this country, the show’s 23 portraits have a stunning freshness and clarity. We have the sense of seeing for ourselves — and there is much to look at. [
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Frick Collection: “Moroni: The Riches of Renaissance Portraiture” (Through June 2, 2019); 1 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
212-288-0700; Frick.org
