Savoldo in gigapixel: the Portrait of a Young Man with Flute digitized

UniCredit Art Collection and Haltadefinizione, a Panini Group tech company, present a new project dedicated to enhancing the bank’s artistic heritage, based on the integration of advanced technological tools and works from the painting tradition. At the center of the digitization initiative is the Portrait of a Young Man with Flute, painted in 1525 by Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo.

The painting belongs to the UniCredit Art Collection and has been on free loan since 1994 at the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, where it is still on display. The work represents an important example of 16th-century Venetian painting, in which portraiture is intertwined with amorous, literary and musical suggestions, rendered through a melancholic tone that characterizes the iconographic layout. In 2024, thanks to the contribution of UniCredit, the painting underwent a restoration operation that allowed a thorough analysis of the pictorial surface. The operation made it possible to recover elements previously compromised by past interventions, bringing to light details that had been partially concealed.

Following the restoration, Haltadefinizione carried out a digital acquisition campaign in gigapixel technology, aimed at documenting the work with a high level of accuracy. The survey involved the entire surface of the painting with millimetric restitution of details. To achieve the result, more than 168 ultra-high-definition shots were taken for the canvas and 53 shots dedicated to the frame, ensuring an image quality that allows a close-up analysis not accessible to the naked eye. The project will be made available to the public through new modes of digital enjoyment on the UniCredit Art Collection website, complementing the direct experience at the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, where the painting continues to be on view.

Savoldo in gigapixel: the Portrait of a Young Man with Flute digitized

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