DOMENICHINO
(b. 1581, Bologna, d. 1641, Napoli)

Portrait of Monsignor Giovanni Battista Agucchi

1615-20
Oil on canvas, 60 x 46 cm
York Art Gallery, York

This compelling portrait of Monsignor Giovanni Battista Agucchi (1570-1632), secretary to Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, records the man whose friendship with the Bolognese painters, particularly those in Rome, moulded the character of Baroque painting from his time onwards.