# Portrait of Giovanni II Bentivoglio [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ROBERTI, Ercole de']() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on wood, 54 x 38 cm ## Commentary Portrait of Giovanni II Bentivoglio c. 1480 Oil on wood, 54 x 38 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington The subject of this painting, a companion-piece to the portrait of his wife Ginevra Bentivoglio, was ruler of Bologna for thirty-three years. Quattrocento portraits were expected to trace with cartographic precision exact physical appearences. Profile portraits were probably preferred because they recall imperial likenesses on ancient Roman coins. \*\*\* Keywords: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Author: ROBERTI, Ercole de' Title: Portrait of Giovanni II Bentivoglio Time-line: 1451-1500 School: Italian Form: painting Type: portrait ## Related artworks - [Griffoni Polyptych: Predella \(detail\)]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: Predella \(detail\)]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: Predella \(detail\)]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: Predella \(left view\)]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: Predella \(right view\)]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: St Apollonia]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: St Catherine of Alexandria]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: St George]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: St Jerome]() - [Griffoni Polyptych: St Michael]() - [Madonna with Child and Saints]() - [Portrait of Ginevra Bentivoglio]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()