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The ''Portrait of Andrea Doria as Neptune'' (Italian: ''Ritratto di Andrea Doria in veste di Nettuno'') is an oil painting on canvas completed by Agnolo di Cosimo (known as Angelo Bronzino) (1503 –1572) for a private collection in 1530. It depicts the Genoan admiral, Andrea Doria, in a manner reminiscent of Neptune. ==Description== The subject of the painting is Andrea Doria (1466–1560), a ''condottiero'', a celebrated admiral from Genoa, who was also the ruler of the city-state.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Britannica Concise Encyclopedia:Andrea Doria )〕 He chose to be depicted nude as the "God of the Sea".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=THE ART OF THE PORTRAIT, Masterpieces of European Portrait Painting, 1420–1670; Taschen )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Portrait of Andrea Doria )〕 Although Doria is depicted naked, he is not fragile or frail. He is depicted as a powerful virile man, showing masculine spirit, strength, vigor, and power. He is stern and resolute, looking calmly over all that he surveys, yet also refined and mannered.〔 The picture was meant to symbolize Doria's power, success, and fame as a celebrated admiral of his time. His beard is lengthy, flowing like the waves on the sea,〔 and tufts of hair on his head recall the Roman emperors.〔 Although his body is aged, his skin is still supple.〔 He originally held a squared oar, a symbol of his command over his own fleet, but a trident head – described by art critic Camille Paglia as "cartoonish" – was painted over it by an unknown artist. The outline of the original oar is still faintly visible. The same individual probably added Doria's name.〔 Doria is holding a piece of sailcloth which barely covers his genitals and exposes some of his pubic hair.〔 Paglia asserts that his taut, yet somewhat portly, stomach appears to direct its strength into Doria's covered penis. She finds the innuendo of an erection in the stiff wood of the trident and mast.〔 Jonathan Jones of ''The Guardian'' describes the painting as "consciously equat() naval and sexual prowess".〔 Doria stands on the deck of his ship, as Neptune would upon his chariot. Behind him is a black, "oppressive" sky, but he is highlighted as if by a full moon or the lightning of an approaching storm.〔 He stands in a strained manner, his head facing to the right but his thighs and buttocks remaining in profile.〔〔 Through the allegory to Neptune, Doria – "a conqueror of the forces of Nature" through his work – is connected to the mythological powers. He becomes Neptune, ruler of the oceans.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Portrait of Andrea Doria as Neptune」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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