# Portrait of a Dominican, Presumed to be Girolamo Savonarola

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moretto-da-brescia-rfe1f85b72cdc5c/portrait-of-a-dominican-presumed-to-be-girolamo-savonarola-rada736de417dd7>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [MORETTO da Brescia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moretto-da-brescia-rfe1f85b72cdc5c>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 74 x 66 cm

## Commentary

Although this picture was painted well after the execution of the charismatic theologian Girolamo Savonarola \(1452-1498\), comparison with documented portraits gives credence to this traditional identification. Savonarola was revered throughout northern Italy at this period, and especially in Milan and Brescia, and many were hopefully awaiting his canonization.

## Related artworks

- [A Saint Monk](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moretto-da-brescia-rfe1f85b72cdc5c/a-saint-monk-r39b9659ea65af4>)
- [Allegory of Faith](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moretto-da-brescia-rfe1f85b72cdc5c/allegory-of-faith-r3c4ff9e34ce1f0>)
- [Count Fortunato Martinengo Cesaresco](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moretto-da-brescia-rfe1f85b72cdc5c/count-fortunato-martinengo-cesaresco-re8a0726847b946>)
- [Ecce Homo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moretto-da-brescia-rfe1f85b72cdc5c/ecce-homo-r32888e4b3753a3>)
- [Female portraits in front of landscapes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moretto-da-brescia-rfe1f85b72cdc5c/female-portraits-in-front-of-landscapes-r57f9f7a3a4cc40>)
- [Female portraits in front of landscapes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moretto-da-brescia-rfe1f85b72cdc5c/female-portraits-in-front-of-landscapes-r64a04293740fb8>)
- [Female portraits in front of landscapes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moretto-da-brescia-rfe1f85b72cdc5c/female-portraits-in-front-of-landscapes-rff7c34508da6e8>)
- [Holy Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moretto-da-brescia-rfe1f85b72cdc5c/holy-family-rbdc91f3fa82111>)
- [Madonna with Child and St Anthony](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moretto-da-brescia-rfe1f85b72cdc5c/madonna-with-child-and-st-anthony-r8d98b6a3e4bd10>)
- [Madonna with Child and the Young St John](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moretto-da-brescia-rfe1f85b72cdc5c/madonna-with-child-and-the-young-st-john-r66940d74dfbd82>)
- [Pietà](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moretto-da-brescia-rfe1f85b72cdc5c/piet-rf140f4bf6e5407>)
- [Portrait of a Boy with his Nurse](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/moretto-da-brescia-rfe1f85b72cdc5c/portrait-of-a-boy-with-his-nurse-rd5fdbddf5ba7be>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)