It’s not often that the paintings of an Italian Renaissance master arrive in a New York museum unadorned by the aura of fame and towering talent, but so it is with Giovanni Battista Moroni. We have the sense of seeing for ourselves — and there is much to look at. Part of this freshness is inherent: Moroni’s paintings themselves are unencumbered. He scrutinized reality with a new directness and tried to record what he saw. That Moroni did not add wrinkles here is testament that he could not paint what was not in front of him.

Source: New York Times April 18, 2019 11:00 UTC