Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli (Caravaggio)

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Portrait of Antonio Martelli, Knight of Malta
Italian: Ritratto di un cavaliere di Malta
Artist	Caravaggio
Year	1608
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	118.5 cm × 95.5 cm (46.7 in × 37.6 in)
Location	Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina, Florence

The Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli (c. 1607/1608) is a painting by the Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.^[1]

Attribution

Until recently it was thought that this painting represented Alof de Wignacourt, Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of Malta, and that it was a preparatory study for the large and famous

, but recent documentary discoveries indicate that it is the portrait of another prominent member of the Order, Antonio Martelli of Florence, Prior of Messina.

See also

• List of paintings by Caravaggio

References

External links

• Media related to Antonio Martelli by Caravaggio at Wikimedia Commons