Cristofano dell'Altissimo

Florentine painter (d. 1605)

Cristofano dell'Altissimo (c. 1525–1605) was an Italian painter in Florence.

Work

For duke Cosimo I de' Medici he copied in Como at least 280 of the portraits from the Collection of Paolo Giovio known as the Giovio Series (484 in total).

Most of them can be seen at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

Gallery

Portrait of Saladin (1137-1193)
Portrait of Lebnä-Dengel (1496-1540)
Portrait of Matteo Palmieri (1406–1475)
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494)
Skanderbeg (1405-1468)
Shah Ismail I Safavi (1487-1524)
Portrait of Suleiman the Magnificent (1494–1566), after Titian
Portrait of Bayezid I (1360-1403)

Bibliography

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