Image: Fakhr al-Din Portrait Cropped
Description: Cropped engraving portrait of Fakhr al-Din Ma'n by Giovanni Mariti, found as the frontispiece of his 1787 biography of Fakhr al-Din. It is generally believed by historians that the engraving by Mariti was a copy of the painting of Fakhr al-Din requested from the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando II, by Abu Nawfal al-Khazen on behalf of Fakhr al-Din's nephews in 1659. It is not evident that the painting was transferred and there is no information about the original's whereabouts. Mariti likely had access to either the original or a copy.(Source: Chehab, Hafez. 1994: "Reconstructing the Medici Portrait of Fakhr al-Din al-Maʿani" in Muqarnas, II, pp. 117, 121-22)
Title: Fakhr al-Din Portrait Cropped
Credit: Mariti, Giovanni (Livorno: 1787) Istoria de Faccardino, frontispiece
Author: Giovanni Mariti
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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