Paris Bordone (Paris Paschalinus Bordone; 5 July 1500 – 19 January 1571) was an Italian painter of the Venetian

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who, despite training with

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, maintained a strand of

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complexity and provincial vigor. Paris Bordone 005

Biography

Bordone was born in

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, but had moved to

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by late adolescence. He apprenticed briefly and unhappily (according to

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) with Titian. Vasari may have met the elder Bordone. Bordone's works of the 1520s include the ''Holy Family'' in Florence, ''Sacra Conversazione with Donor'' (Glasgow), and ''Holy Family with St. Catherine'' (

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). The ''St. Ambrose and a Donor'' (1523) is now in the

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. In 1525–26, Bordone painted an altarpiece for the church of S. Agostino in

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, a ''Madonna with St. Christopher and St George'' (now in the

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collection at

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). A second altarpiece, ''Pentecost'', is also in the Pinacoteca di Brera. In 1534–35, he painted his large-scale masterpiece for the ''Scuola di San Marco'' a canvas of '' The Fisherman Presenting the Ring to Doge Gradenigo'' (Accademia). However, comparison between this latter painting and the near-contemporary, and structurally similar, ''Presentation of the Virgin'' reveals Bordone's limitations, his use of superior perspective which creates dwarfed distant perspectives, and limited coloration relative to the brilliant tints of Titian. Bordone also painted smaller cabinet pieces, showing half-figures, semi-undressed men and women from mythology or religious stories in a muscular interaction despite the crowded space. He frequently combined portraiture with allegory. Paris Bordone subsequently executed many important mural paintings in Venice, Treviso and

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, all of which have perished. In 1538 he was invited to France by

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, at whose court he painted many portraits, though no trace of them is to be found in French collections, the two portraits at the

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being later acquisitions. On his return journey he also worked for the

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palace at

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, but again the works have been lost.

Partial list of works

* ''Annunciation'' in the

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* ''Baptism of Christ'' in the

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, Washington, D.C. * ''Bathsheba Bathing, with an African Servant'' - The

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, Baltimore * ''Chess Players'' in

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* ''Daphnis and Chloe'' - Porczyński Gallery,

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* ''Holy Family'' -

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* ''Madonna'' -

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* Mythological picture - the

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* Mythological picture - the

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* The paintings in the

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of Treviso * ''Rest on the Flight into Egypt'' -

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* ''Portrait of a young woman -''

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* ''Perseus Armed by Mercury and Minerva'' -

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* ''A Portrait of a Lady'' - The

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* ''Portrait of Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio'' -

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) File:Paris-bordone-baptism.jpg, ''The Baptism of Christ'', c. 1535–1540. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. File:Paris Bordone 002.jpg, ''

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and

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with

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'', 1559–1560.

File:Bemberg Fondation Toulouse - Le Rapt de Proserpine - Paris Bordone inv.1063.jpg, ''The Rape of Proserpina'' File:Athena Scorning the Advances of Hephaestus.jpg, ''Athena Scorning the Advances of Hephaestus'' File:Paris Bordone - Venere, Flora, Marte e Cupido (2) - Hermitage San Pietroburgo.jpg, ''Venus, Flora, Mars and Cupid (An Allegory)'', 1550s. The

. File:Accademia - Presentazione dell'anello al doge di Paris Bordone.jpg, ''Presentation of the Ring to the Doge'' ( Bartolomeo Gradenigo), 1534 File:Paris Bordone - Ritratto di una giovane donna.jpg, alt=, ''Portrait of a young woman'', ca 1543-1550.

References

;Attribution * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bordone, Paris 1500 births 1571 deaths People from Treviso 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Renaissance painters Painters from Venice