PORTRAIT OF A BOY OF
THE BRACCIFORTE FAMILY
Niccolo dell’Abbate,
Italian, ca. 1512-1571
(Text and Picture
Copyright, 1977 by the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
which is not responsible for this publication.)
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| Girolama Mazzola Bedoli |
Susan E. Schilling pointed out
that the gilded metal identifies the family of the sitter and that the allegorical
winged figure with two long thin trumpets—a symbol of France—is a motif used by
the artist on at least one other occasion is a design for a room decoration in
France. The portrait was painted in Bologna, where the artist worked from 1547
to 1552. (76.13)
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