Caravaggio - Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page 1608
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Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt and his Page 1608
195x164cm oil/canvas
Louvre, Paris, France
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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Alof de Wignacourt, grand master of the knights of St John, was described as the "absolute sovereign" of the military-religious community confined on this hard island.
This portrait is an incredible, sunset masterpiece. Alof de Wignacourt stands in the shadows, with the last dying light setting his armour ablaze. His menacing energy surprises you, perhaps because the picture is so soft at first on the eye, even unassertive. Then suddenly it hits you that this is one of the most inexplicably lifelike portraits you have ever seen.