# The Tuscan General Alessandro del Borro \(?\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MELLIN, Charles](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mellin-charles-r56d1e4f16dfee4>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 203 x 121 cm

## Commentary

The Tuscan General Alessandro del Borro \(?\) c. 1645 Oil on canvas, 203 x 121 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin This amusing Baroque painting represents a buffoonlike military figure, genially displaying his corpulence in fullest profile, a Barberini banner at his feet. Formerly the painting was attributed to Bernini, then to Sacchi, and now it is ascribed to Charles Mellin, a Vouet pupil whose career was spent in Italy.

## Related artworks

- [Judith with the Head of Holofernes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mellin-charles-r56d1e4f16dfee4/judith-with-the-head-of-holofernes-r0c0b26bebcee3b>)
- [Roman Charity](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mellin-charles-r56d1e4f16dfee4/roman-charity-r7c4b4532a4082b>)

## Attribution

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