Portrait of Folco Portinari

The Portrait of Folco Portinari is a painting by the German painter Hans Memling, dating to c. 1490. It is displayed in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence, Italy.

Portrait of Folco Portinari
ArtistHans Memling
Yearc. 1490
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions35 cm × 25 cm (14 in × 9.8 in)
LocationUffizi Gallery, Florence

History

The painting, for a period, was attributed to Antonello da Messina. It is documented for the first time at the Uffizi in 1863, assigned to an anonymous Flemish artist. Later, together with three other paintings in the gallery (Portrait of Benedetto Portinari, Portrait of an Unknown Man in a Landscape and Man with a Letter), the painting was attributed to Memling due to its high quality.

Of the four, the portrait of Folco Portinari is considered the latest one. The identification with Folco Portinari is anyway hypothetical.[1]

References and sources

References
Sources
  • __ (2003). Galleria degli Uffizi. Rome: Scala.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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