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Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo
Paolo Veroneseafter c. 1571
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Barbarigo served as second in command of the Venetian naval forces during the Battle of Lepanto, fighting against the Ottoman Empire on October 7, 1571. During the skirmish, Barbarigo was slain by a Turkish arrow, which he holds in the portrait.
Barbarigo’s identity is defined by his military prowess. In the 1500s, Venetian military portraits often portrayed the sitter in armor in a pose typical of a Roman emperor, creating a link to the valor and might of ancient armies.
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- Title: Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo
- Creator: Paolo Veronese (Italian, 1528–1588)
- Date Created: after c. 1571
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 136.2 x 136.2 x 12.1 cm (53 5/8 x 53 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.); Unframed: 102.2 x 104.2 cm (40 1/4 x 41 in.)
- Provenance: Possibly Giorgio Bergonzi (Venice, Italy),, Possibly Manfrin, Venice, 1856], H. O. Miethke (Vienna, 1927]), Italico Brass, 1870-1943 (Venice, Italy), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.16
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Italy, Venice, 16th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. L. E. Holden, Mr. and Mrs. Guerdon S. Holden, and the L. E. Holden Fund
- Collection: P - Italian 16th & 17th Century
- Accession Number: 1928.16
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