Portrait of Agostino Barbarigo (Q3937452)

Label from: English (en)

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movement: mannerism (Q131808)
genre: portrait (Q134307)
artist: Paolo Veronese (Q9440)
collection: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location: Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
material used: oil paint (Q296955) canvas (Q12321255)
depicts: man (Q8441) body armor (Q485027) baton (Q2014830) Agostino Barbarigo (Q4693618)
instance of: painting (Q3305213)

catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.16

information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog

description: Barbarigo served as second in command of the Venetian naval forces during the Battle of Lepanto, fighting against the Ottoman Empire on October 7, 1571. During the skirmish, Barbarigo was slain by a Turkish arrow, which he holds in the portrait.

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