February 5, 1578: Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Battista Moroni dies.

Moroni's chief specialty was portraiture—unusual during the Renaissance.

For me, it is Moroni's religious works which are truly fine.

🎨 A Gentleman in Adoration Before the Baptism of Christ, 1555-60

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February 5, 1578: Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Battista Moroni dies.

Moroni's chief specialty was portraiture—unusual during the Renaissance.

For me, it is Moroni's religious works which are truly fine.

🎨 A Gentleman in Adoration Before the Baptism of Christ, 1555-60

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February 5, 1578: Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Battista Moroni dies.

Moroni's chief specialty was portraiture—unusual during the Renaissance.

For me, it is Moroni's religious works which are truly fine.

🎨 A Gentleman in Adoration Before the Baptism of Christ, 1555-60

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The Tailor, after Giovanni Batista Moroni's oil painting.

I thought this tailor had something of a comics character with his fluffy pants, so I made it even more comicsy :)

Ink drawing and digital colors.

with

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February 5, 1578: Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Battista Moroni dies.

Moroni's chief specialty was portraiture—unusual during the Renaissance.

For me, it is Moroni's religious works which are truly fine.

🎨 A Gentleman in Adoration Before the Baptism of Christ, 1555-60

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The Baptism of Christ with a Donor (A Gentleman in Adoration before the Baptism of Christ), Giovanni Battista Moroni, 1550s. One of most significant innovations was in the painting of devotional works in which the donor plays a dominant, integral role. Although his

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