Portrait of Andrea Doria as Neptune is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Italian Mannerist painter Agnolo Bronzino, completed in either the 1530s or the 1540s and now held in the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan. It depicts the Genoese admiral Andrea Doria posed as the classical sea god Neptune, deliberately reviving the classical sculptural convention of showing powerful political figures in heroic nudity. The canvas measures roughly two meters by a meter and a half and was originally painted for a private collection. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Portrait of Andrea Doria as Neptune (Italian: Ritratto di Andrea Doria in veste di Nettuno) is an oil painting on canvas completed by Bronzino for a private collection in either the 1530s or 1540s. It is now in the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, Italy.
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In a conscious revival of the convention in classical sculpture of showing important political figures in heroic nudity, it depicts the Genoan admiral, Andrea Doria, posing as the classical god of the sea, Neptune.
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The Portrait of Andrea Doria as Neptune (Italian: Ritratto di Andrea Doria in veste di Nettuno) is an oil painting on canvas completed by Bronzino for a private collection in either the 1530s or 1540s. It is now in the Pinacoteca
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