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After Cristofano di Papi, called dell' Altissimo
Portrait of Uguccione della Faggiuola (c. 1250-1319), bust-length, in profile
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Sold Without Reserve
After Cristofano di Papi, called dell' Altissimo
Portrait of Uguccione della Faggiuola (c. 1250-1319), bust-length, in profile
inscribed upper left: UGO FAGIOLANUS
oil on canvas
canvas: 26½ by 20½ in.; 67.3 by 52.1cm.
framed: 31¼ by 25¼ in.; 79.4 by 64.1cm.
This work is based on the portrait of Uguccione by dell'Altissimo in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no. Ic447). Uguccione (c. 1250-1319) was a prominent army captain and later served as the chief magistrate of Pisa. The painting of him in the Uffizi was one of a series of portraits of illustrious men that was commissioned by Cosimo I de' Medici, after the renowned collection belonging to Paolo Giovio.