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Rafaello Menicucci  1632

by Valentin de Boulogne

Gallery label: [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