A tailor meets 'the tailor'
Giovanni Battista Moroni's portrait of a 16th-century Italian tailor has long been regarded as a masterpiece. Currently on display in The Royal Academy exhibition Giovanni Battista Moroni, The Tailor (c.1570) is, explains the curator, "the first known portrait of a skilled craftsman portrayed as a gentleman. Historically, portraits had been the domain of royals, aristocrats and religious leaders." Amy Macpherson, the Royal Academy’s Senior Digital Producer, invited Savile Row tailor Bryan Manning to "cast his expert eye over the portrait and appraise both the cut of his clothes and the enigmatic expression on his face." Watch the video below...
Giovanni Battista Moroni, until 25 January 2015
Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD
A Savile Row tailor meets 'The Tailor' from Royal Academy of Arts on Vimeo.
4 comments
Thanks for the video, wonderful hearing & seeing a quality tailor
responding to such a fine painting of another tailor, centuries before…
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Great idea to ask a Savile Row tailor to comment on the portrait. Thanks for making it public to Selvedge readers.
Love the painting, the video, the history aspect, the whole story – thank you, I enjoyed that immensely.