37 - Tiberio Titi (Florence 1578–1627), attributed

Tiberio Titi (Florence 1578–1627), attributed Portrait of Cosimo Lapi Oil on canvas 124 x 97 cm The identity of the subject is indicated in the letter he is holding, which reads: To the Honorable Cosimo Lapi in Florence The son of the painter Santi di Tito, after studying under his father, he enrolled in the Accademia del Disegno in 1590. A few years later, he took over his father’s workshop—his father having died in 1603—specializing in portraiture and gaining considerable renown in the city. In the final years of his life, his late-16th-century style began to lose its appeal among the Florentine nobility, who were increasingly drawn to the portraiture of Giusto Sustermans and his Baroque style, reminiscent of van Dyck, Velázquez, and Rubens. Tiberio Titi (Florence, 1578–1627) attributed Portrait of Cosimo Lapi Oil on canvas 124 × 97 cm The identity of the sitter is indicated in the letter he holds in his hand, which bears the inscription: To the Illustrious Cosimo Lapi in Florence