The Sculptor Alessandro Vittoria

Contrary to all attempts of artists since the Renaissance to veil the manual part of their profession, Vittoria stands before the viewer in front of a neutral background seemingly dressed in working clothes. The rolled-up sleeves, the disorderly hair, and the spontaneity of the scene all speak for this interpretation. Yet Moroni thwarts all this with the gleaming, almost silky texture of the dark robes’ material. Moroni met Alessandro Vittoria (1525–1608), who continuously worked together with Jacopo Sansovino, Andrea Palladio and Paolo Veronese, during the Council of Trent.