the Met acquires 16th-century portrait of pope’s banker
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 13, 2023
Francesco Salviati, Bindo Altoviti (around 1545)Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired a Renaissance portrait of exceptional quality depicting the papal banker Bindo Altoviti (oil on marble, around 1545), by the Italian master Francesco Salviati. “The artistic importance and historic magnitude of this painting cannot be overstated,” said Max Hollein, director of The Met. Altoviti, a noted patron of the arts, who was painted . . .
