Paris Bordon or Bordone (1495 – January 19, 1570), was a Venetian painter of the Renaissance, who while training with Titian, maintained a strand of mannerist complexity and provincial vigor.
Bordone was born at Treviso, but had moved to Venice by late adolescence.He apprenticed briefly and unhappily (according to Vasari) with Titian. Vasari may have met the elder Bordone.
In 1534-5, he painted his large-scale masterpiece for the Scuola di San Marco a canvas of the Fisherman delivering the Marriage Ring of Venice to the Doge (Accademia). However, when this latter painting is compared to the near-contemoporary, and structurally similar, Presentation of the Virgin, Bordone's limitations, his use of superior perspective, which creates dwarfed distant perspectives, and limited coloration relative to the brilliant tints of Titian.
Bordone is best at his smaller cabinet pieces, showing half-figures, semi-undressed men and women from mythology or religious stories in a muscular interaction despite the crowded space.
Paris Bordone subsequently executed many important mural paintings in Venice, Treviso and Vicenza, all of which have perished. In 1538 he was invited to France by Francis I, at whose court he painted many portraits, though no trace of them is to be found in French collections, the two portraits at the Louvre being later acquisitions. On his return journey he also worked for the Fugger palace at Augsburg. - wikipedia
Nude Movement: High Renaissance Artist: Paris Bordone
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Presentation of the Ring to the Doge of Venice Movement: High Renaissance Collection: Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, Italy Dimensions: 118.1 x 145.7 in (300 x 370 cm) Date: 1534 Artist: Paris Bordone
