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

Portrait of Cardinal Agucchi

1604-05
Oil on canvas, 141 x 111 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

In this period, the format of the official portrait remained somewhat rigid. Popes or cardinals are frequently encountered seated in an interior with the attributes of their profession. Domenichino's portrait of Girolamo Agucchi, painted shortly after he was raised to the purple in 1604, follows this idiom.