SACCHI, Andrea
(b. 1599, Nettuno, d. 1661, Roma)

Portrait of Monsignor Clemente Merlini

c. 1630
Oil on canvas
Galleria Borghese, Rome

Andrea Sacchi's Portrait of Monsignor Clemente Merlini, painted in circa 1630, shows this sharp-witted jurist, Latin scholar and Epicurean, with his books casually displayed behind him, turning to look directly at the spectator.