# Portrait of Monsignor Clemente Merlini

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SACCHI, Andrea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sacchi-andrea-re0bbddd4e4dcec>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

Portrait of Monsignor Clemente Merlini c. 1630 Oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome Andrea Sacchi&#39;s Portrait of Monsignor Clemente Merlini, painted in circa 1630, shows this sharp-witted jurist, Latin scholar and Epicurean, with his books casually displayed behind him, turning to look directly at the spectator.

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## Attribution

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