Autoritratto_di_Annibale_Carracci_(1580-90)

''Self-Portrait in Profile'' (''Inventory 1890, N. 1797'') is a 1590s oil on canvas painting by

Annibale Carracci Annibale Carracci (; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother and cousin, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of th ...

, acquired by

Leopoldo de' Medici Leopoldo de' Medici (6 November 1617 – 10 November 1675) was an Italian cardinal, scholar, patron of the arts and Governor of Siena. He was the brother of Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Biography Prince Leopoldo was born at ...

and now part of the collection of artists' self-portraits in the Uffizi, which also includes another self-portrait. As of 1686 it hung alongside another portrait previously thought to be another Carracci self-portrait (inv. 1890, 1803)

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{{16C-painting-stub 1590s paintings 16th-century portraits Portraits of men Paintings in the collection of the Uffizi Paintings by Annibale Carracci

Carracci The Carracci were a family of Italian artists. Notable members include: * Agostino Carracci (1557–1602), Italian painter and printmaker * Annibale Carracci (1560–1609), Italian Baroque painter and brother of Agostino Carracci * Ludovico Carra ...