Antonio Alberti (1603-1649)
Portrait of Cardinal Antonio Marcello Barberini (Florence 1569 – Rome 1646)
Inscription on the bottom: F.M D.D ANTONIUS BARBERINUS ROM. O. CAP. S.R.E. CARDIN.
Oil on canvas - 99 x 73 cm., In antique frame (re-gilded) 111 x 87 cm.
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Portrait of Cardinal and Bishop Antonio Marcello Barberini, brother of Pope Urban VIII, in cardinal's attire, holding a letter in his left hand, created by a Roman school artist of the 17th century. A painter who portrayed the Barberini family on several occasions, both the Pope and our subject (fig. 1), was Antonio Alberti (1603-1649), to whom an attributional reference could be made given the stylistic correspondences.
He belonged to an influential Italian noble family, originally from Barberino in Tuscany, which moved first to Florence and then to Rome, thanks to commercial activities.
The family reached the peak of its power thanks to Cardinal Maffeo Barberini, who in 1623 was elected Pope with the name Urban VIII and allowed the family to increase its fortune but above all its prestige. The Barberini obtained, among others, the title of "Princes of Palestrina" in 1627.
Although Antonio Marcello decided in 1591 to join the Capuchins, an order dedicated solely to a strict monastic life, immediately after his brother's election to the papal throne he was called to Rome and elevated to the rank of cardinal in the consistory of October 7, 1624.
After the death of Urban VIII, he did not fall into disgrace like his nephews Antonio and Francesco and retained the functions connected to his cardinal dignity.
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