Portrait of Maffeo Barberini
| Portrait of Maffeo Barberini | |
|---|---|
| Italian: Ritratto di Maffeo Barberini | |
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| Artist | Caravaggio |
| Year | c. 1598 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 124 cm × 90 cm (49 in × 35 in) |
| Location | Private collection |
Portrait of Maffeo Barberini (c. 1598) is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
It is held in a private collection in Florence.
Barberini, 30 years old and from the eminent Florentine Barberini family, was a rapidly rising Church prelate, a friend of Caravaggio's patron Cardinal Francesco Maria Del Monte, and himself a poet and patron of the arts.
Barberini's support would continue into later years – in 1603 he commissioned a Sacrifice of Isaac from Caravaggio. In 1623 he became Pope as Urban VIII.
References
- Creighton Gilbert. Caravaggio and his two cardinals. Penn State Press, 1995. ISBN 0271013125