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[br]The French painter Valentin de Boulogne was a member of the first generation of Caravaggio followers in Rome. In this, his only known portrait, Valentin provides a superb characterization of an arrogant and rather unsavory character. Rafaello Menicucci, a jester attached to the court of Pope Urban VIII, was a notorious social climber who was obsessed wit...
Size:
31-1/2 x 25-5/8 in
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Credit:
Public Domain, Courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art
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