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Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page

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Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt with his Page is a painting made around 1607 to 1608 by the Italian artist Caravaggio, now held in the Louvre in Paris. It shows Alof de Wignacourt, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta from 1601, in formal armor beside a young page from a noble family. Caravaggio painted it soon after arriving in Malta from Naples in July 1607, part of a series of portraits he made of Wignacourt and other senior knights as the Grand Master worked to raise the prestige of his court and the island's fortifications. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Partially Attested
Year Created
1607 1
Source dates the work to a range, circa 1607 to 1608; earliest year used as Value.
Medium
Oil on canvas 1
Location
Louvre, Paris 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Sources
1. Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 1
    Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt with his Page (c. 1607-1608) is a painting by the Italian master Caravaggio, in the Louvre of Paris.
  • Infobox, Medium field
    Oil on canvas
  • Lead paragraph, sentence 1 (location clause)
    Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt with his Page (c. 1607-1608) is a painting by the Italian master Caravaggio, in the Louvre of Paris.
  • Genre reference
    Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt with his Page is a painting made around 1607 to 1608 by the Italian artist Caravaggio, now held in the Louvre in Paris.
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