Year 1608 Artist Caravaggio Period Baroque | Medium Oil on canvas Created 1608 Genre Portrait | |
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Dimensions 118.5 cm × 95.5 cm (46.7 in × 37.6 in) Location Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence Similar Caravaggio artwork, Baroque artwork, Portraits | ||
The Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli (c. 1607/1608) is a painting by the Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
Until recently it was thought that this painting represented Alof de Wignacourt, Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of Malta, and that it was a preparatory study for the large and famous Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page, but recent documentary discoveries indicate that it is the portrait of another prominent member of the Order, Antonio Martelli of Florence, Prior of Messina.
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Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli (Caravaggio) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA