Artist

Cristofano dell'Altissimo

Portrait of Pope Paul III
Portrait of Pope Boniface VIII
Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci
Portrait of Pope Pius II

Italian, 1527–1605

Cristofano dell'Altissimo was an Italian Early Baroque Italian artist. 17 works are cataloged here, principally at Uffizi Gallery. Cristofano dell'Altissimo was born in Florence.

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

Works by Cristofano dell'Altissimo

Collections represented

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