Portrait of Saint Charles Borromeo

Giovanni Ambrogio Figino (1548-1608)

Traditionally attributed to Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, this portrait of Saint Charles is in any case the work of a Lombard artist. It was made in the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century and reflects the devotional zeal which sprang up around the great Archbishop of Milan, and which culminated in his canonisation in 1610. Federico Borromeo referred to this portrait as the best that had ever been painted of Saint Charles.

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• TITLE

  Portrait of Saint Charles Borromeo

• AUTHOR

  Giovanni Ambrogio Figino (1548-1608)

• INVENTARIO

  109

• DATE

  c. 1600

• TYPE

  Painting

• TECNIQUE

  Oil on canvas

• DIMENSIONS

  50 × 40 cm

• SUBJECT

  Portrait

• SCUOLA PITTORICA

  16th-17th century Lombard painting

• ROOM

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