BALDUCCI, Giovanni
(b. ca. 1560, Firenze, d. after 1631, Napoli)

Diana and Actaeon

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Oil on copper, 38 x 32 cm
Private collection

In this painting, the facial types of Diana's devotees, with their neat, pointed noses and small, thin lipped mouths are typical of Giovanni Balducci, the painter favoured by Cardinal Alessandro de' Medici (later Pope Leo XI).




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