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Portrait of Clement VII

1628 · Museo Storico della Caccia e del Territorio, Cerreto Guidi

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In the month of April, 1628, the two brothers, Domenico and Valore Casini, consigned five portraits of personages belonging to the Medici family to the Guardaroba, for placement in a hall in the Pitti Palace. The portrait of Clement VII (Giulio de' Medici, natural son of Giuliano, the brother of Lorenzo the Magnificent) belongs to this series.

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Portrait of Clement VII

About the Artist

Valore Casini

1590 – 1660

Italian painter. Valore Casini and his brother Dominico were portraitists active in Florence in the first half of the 17th century. They both trained in the studio of Domenico Passignano. Valore was known for his portraits, his brother often completed the vestments of the featured individuals. One of Valore's pupils was Filippo Furini, called Pippo Sciameroni, a portraitist, who was the father of the more famous Francesco Furini.

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