Portrait of Carlo de' Medici [SEP] creator
Portrait of Carlo de' Medici
The Portrait of Carlo de' Medici is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna, executed in 1466. It is now housed in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence.
History.
Little is known about the painting's origins, and currently the most credited hypothesis is that it would portray Carlo de' Medici, an illegitimate son of Cosimo de' Medici the Elder and a Circassian concubine, as hinted by the subject's intense blue eyes. In 1912 a copy of the
on canvas (National Gallery, London)
- "Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Ruler of Mantua from 1587–1612, Wearing the Order of the Redemeer", oil on canvas
- "Portrait of Cardinale Carlo de' Medici", oil on canvas (Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan)
- "Maria Maddalena of Austria, Wife of the Grand Duke Cosimo II de' Medici and Sister of the Emperor Ferdinand, with her son, the Future Ferdinand II", oil on canvas (Summerfield Gallery, Flint Institute of Art