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Portrait of Maffeo Barberini

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Portrait of Maffeo Barberini
Italian: Ritratto di Maffeo Barberini
ArtistCaravaggio
Yearc. 1598
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions124 cm × 90 cm (49 in × 35 in)
LocationPrivate collection

Portrait of Maffeo Barberini (c. 1598) is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. It is in a private collection in Los Angeles.

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.

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References

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  • Creighton Gilbert. Caravaggio and his two cardinals. Penn State Press, 1995. ISBN 0271013125
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