Portrait of Daniele Barbaro [SEP] collection
Portrait of Daniele Barbaro
The Portrait of Daniele Barbaro () is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Paolo Veronese in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
Daniele Barbaro was a member of the Venetian aristocracy (see Barbaro family). He was an important prelate, humanist and architectural theorist, who commissioned a number of works from Veronese. Veronese had been involved directly with Barbaro and his brother Marcantonio Barbaro, decorating the Villa Barbaro, Maser, which Palladio designed.
Barbaro, who was Patriarch of Aquileia, is dressed as a
Cardinal in 1571, Patriarch of Aquileia 1550-1570. Ambassador to England. Allowed by Queen Elizabeth to quarter the red and white Tudor roses in his arms. Historian of Venice. Patron of Paolo Veronese. A portrait of him by Veronese hangs in the Pitti Gallery of Florence, another in the Dresden Gallery, and one by Titian in the National Gallery of Canada.
- Marcantonio Barbaro (1518–1595) Son of Francesco, Brother of Patriarch Daniele. Co-owner of Villa Barbaro Diplomat, ambassador to Charles IX of