# Portrait of a Dwarf

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CASSANA, Niccolò](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cassana-niccol-ra2c3f8e14913d7>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 153 x 119 cm

## Commentary

The dwarf, Angiola Biondi, was in the service of Princess Violante of Bavaria, wife of Prince Ferdinando de&#39; Medici for whom the picture was painted. Angiola is portrayed as a shepherdess in an Arcadian landscape. Cassana was the preferred portraitist at the Medici court. The animals were probably painted by his brother, Giovanni Agostino who specialised in the genre.

## Related artworks

- [Bacchanalian Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cassana-niccol-ra2c3f8e14913d7/bacchanalian-scene-ra9fffb71ba7f67>)
- [Lot and his Daughters](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cassana-niccol-ra2c3f8e14913d7/lot-and-his-daughters-r0f0d94b8f54f60>)
- [Portrait of a Cook](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cassana-niccol-ra2c3f8e14913d7/portrait-of-a-cook-rb55853cee21953>)
- [Portrait of Grand Prince Ferdinando de&#39; Medici](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cassana-niccol-ra2c3f8e14913d7/portrait-of-grand-prince-ferdinando-de-medici-r1f6511496ee273>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)