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Paris Bordone

Paris Bordone

Paris Bordone painted the sensual side of Venetian art: half-length allegories of lovers, beautiful women in loosened silk, mythological couples and rich reds and golds in the manner of his teacher Titian. His figures are elegant and a little theatrical, with a touch of Mannerist complexity.

Born in Treviso in 1500, he moved to Venice young and trained, unhappily according to Vasari, with Titian. His best-known large work is The Fisherman Presenting the Ring to the Doge (1534 to 1535) in the Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice, a grand piece of civic storytelling set in a sweep of architecture. He was invited to France by Francis I in 1538 and also worked for the Fugger family in Augsburg, though his paintings for both are lost. He died in 1571. His works are in the Hermitage, the National Gallery, London, and many European museums.

Allegory with Mars, Venus, Flora and Cupid is typical of his cabinet pictures of love and beauty.

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