Rijksmuseum

Portrait of Ottavio Strada

Date: 1567
Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
Culture: Venice
Institution: Rijksmuseum

Seventeen-year-old Ottavio Strada is portrayed in an unusual – allegorical – manner. He receives a cornucopia filled with ancient coins from Fortune, while turning away from a statue of Venus. The gold and silver signify not only his future riches, but also allude to his study of ancient coins, a pursuit in which he was trained by his father, the antiquary Jacopo Strada.

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