Portrait of Folco Portinari Painting by Hans Memling
The Portrait of Folco Portinari German painter Hans Memling , dating to c. 1490. It is displayed in the Uffizi Gallery , in Florence .
History
The painting, for a period, was attributed to Antonello da Messina . It is documented for the first time at the Uffizi in 1863, assigned to an anonymous Flemish artist. Later, together with three other paintings in the gallery (Portrait of Benedetto Portinari Portrait of an Unknown Man in a Landscape Man with a Letter [ 1]
Folco Portinari, a descendant of the Folco Portinari who founded the Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova , was a nephew of Tommaso Portinari , a Medici banker in Bruges . A list of leading Italians in Bruges in August 1498 is headed by Hieronimo Frescobaldi , followed by the banker Cornelio Atoviti, Folco Portinari, Jacobo Palazzoni (factor to Bernardo Rucellai ), Oberto Spinola (representative of Batista Ricardini), and Baptista Spinola.[ 2] [ 3]
References and sources
Sources Galleria degli Uffizi . Rome: Scala. 2003.
Individual
Virgin and Child Enthroned with two Musical Angels c. 1467 Scenes from the Passion of Christ c. 1470 Adoration of the Magi c. 1471 Mater Dolorosa c. 1475 Madonna and Child with Angels c. 1479 Allegory with a Virgin c. 1479 –1480Advent and Triumph of Christ c. 1480 Mater Dolorosa c. 1480 Mystic Marriage of St Catherine c. 1480 Angel Musicians Pagagnotti Triptych c. 1480 Christ Surrounded by Musician Angels c. 1480s Annunciation Adam and Eve c. 1485 Bathsheba c. 1485 Madonna and Child with Saint James and Saint Dominic c. 1485 Polyptychs
Last Judgment c. 1467 –1471Diptych of an elderly couple c. 1470 –1472Diptych of Jean de Cellier c. 1475 Jan Floreins Altarpiece St John Altarpiece Adoration of the Magi c. 1479 –1480Adriaan Reins Altarpiece Donne Triptych c. 1480 Moreel Triptych Earthly Vanity and Divine Salvation c. 1485 Benedetto Portinari Triptych Diptych of Maarten van Nieuwenhove St. Ursula Shrine c. 1489 Christ Surrounded by Singing and Music-making Angels c. 1483 –1494 Portraits
Portrait of a Man in a Red Hat ,c. 1465 –1470Portrait of a Man c. 1470 –1472Portrait of Tommaso Portinari c. 1470 –1472Portrait of Maria Portinari c. 1470 –1472Portrait of an Elderly Man c. 1470 –1475Portrait of an Elderly Woman c. 1470 –1475Portrait of a Man with a Pink Carnation Portrait of Benedetto Portinari Portrait of Willem Morell c. 1480 Portrait of a Man with a Roman Medal c. 1480 Portrait of Barbara van Vlaendenbergh c. 1480 Sibylla Sambetha c. 1480 Portrait of Folco Portinari c. 1490
