{"id":522,"title":"Portrait of Luca Salvioni","medium":"Bronze","classification":"Sculpture","dimension":"28 3/4 x 23 in. (73.03 x 58.42 cm)","object_name":"Bust","continent":"Europe","country":"Italy","nationality":"Italian (Padua)","dated":"c. 1536","room":"G340","role":"Artist","text":"Deep wrinkles, gaunt cheeks, strong jaw—the scholar and law professor Luca Salvioni is portrayed with precision and no embellishment. There is no attempt to conform to an ideal or a standard of beauty. Renaissance sculptors often played up the singularity of a person’s face as a way of emphasizing the importance of the individual. This artistic approach, which had strong political underpinnings, harked back to the time of the ancient Roman Republic.","creditline":"The William Hood Dunwoody Fund","Catalog_Raisonne":"Siracusano (2014), cat. no. 29","accession_number":"33.3","artist":"Agostino Zoppo","life_date":"Italian (Padua), c. 1520–1572","department":"European Art","rights_type":"Public Domain","image_width":5946,"image_height":7570,"recent":0,"see_also":[],"sort_number":"33     3","image":"valid","public_access":1,"curator_approved":0,"highlights":0,"Cache_Location":"000000\\500\\20\\522","Primary_RenditionNumber":"mia_6000517.jpg","Rights_Image_Display":"Full","related:audio-stops":[{"title":"Portrait of Luca Salvioni","_id":"522","objectId":"522","link":"http://audio-tours.s3.amazonaws.com/p878.mp3","number":"878","type":"audio"}],"mtime":"2026-02-25T06:00:50.732Z"}