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DOMENICHINO: Portrait of Cardinal Agucchi

🖼 Portrait of Cardinal Agucchi, 1604-05
Oil on canvas
141 × 111 cm
Florence, Italy

Dignified in crimson robes, Cardinal Agucchi gazes with penetrating intelligence, rendered through Domenichino's masterful sfumato and subtle modeling. This portrait exemplifies early Baroque ecclesiastical portraiture, capturing both the sitter's authority and introspective character during Counter-Reformation Rome.

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E. H. Gombrich
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