A rediscovered "commesso" portrait

Author

Fusco, Peter; Hess, Catherine

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Burlington magazine. 1994, Num. 1091, Vol. 136, 68-72, 2 ill. (1 col.)

ISSN

0007-6287

Abstract (en)

Discusses a stone mosaic portrait of Pope Clement VIII designed by Jacopo Ligozzi and executed by Romolo di Francesco Ferrucci (Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum). The piece was made on commission 1600-1601 for Ferdinando I de' Medici who presented it to the pope.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Mosaics -- Italy
• Ligozzi, Jacopo, 1547-1626
• Mosaics
• Portrait of Clement VIII
• J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa||Malibu (CA, USA)
• Italy
• Medici, Ferdinando I de', granduca di Toscana, 1549-1609
• Commissions
• Gifts
• Portraits
• Clement VIII, pope, 1536-1605

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Mosaïque -- Italie
• Mosaïque
• Portrait de Clément VIII
• J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa||Malibu (CA, USA)
• Italie
• Medici, Ferdinando I de', granduca di Toscana, 1549-1609
• Commande d'oeuvre d'art
• Dons
• Portrait
• Clément VIII, pape, 1536-1605

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940701-00344200

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