Portrait of Urban VIII
Author:
Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini, Cortona 1597 - Rome 1669)
Type:
Painting
Year:
1627
Material and technique:
oil on canvas
Size:
cm 199 x 128
Origin:
Sacchetti Collection
Inventory:
Inv. PC 153
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Baroque was born around the 1630s, out of the intense Roman cultural environment of the first decades of the seventeenth century, coinciding with the papacy of Urban VIII Barberini. Pietro da Cortona was the first authentic representative of this new style, especially for his grandiose scenes, the artist was also a model of an entire generation of painters.
