| Abstrakt: |
Inigo Jones' portraiture consists of an engraving by Villamena, a painting by Van Dyck and a small ink self-portrait. But the most widespread and constantly reproduced image was the one created by the Flemish painter. The appearance of a painting that is partially different from the previous ones, with the nickname "Vitruvius", makes it possible to retrace the formative stages of the iconographic tradition and to analyse the peculiar characteristics and the probable period of realization of the new representation. To this end, an ideal path has been investigated, leading from the "severe" and "imperious" face (engraved by Villamena) of the forty-year-old man engaged in Italy in the study of Vitruvius and Palladio, to the "inspired" face (drawn and painted by Van Dyck) of the man who, with the Banqueting House, had built the symbol of the royalty of the early Stuarts. Between these points is the painting that has now appeared, offering a less "official" and more "private" image of Inigo Jones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
