Portrait of Alvise Cornaro
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| Portrait of Alvise Cornaro | |
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| Artist | Tintoretto |
| Year | c. 1560–1565 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 113 cm × 85 cm (44 in × 33 in) |
| Location | Palatine Gallery, Florence |
The Portrait of Alvise Cornaro is a portrait by the Venetian painter Tintoretto, showing the man of letters Alvise 'Luigi' Cornaro. Datable to around 1560–1565, it was acquired by Leopoldo de' Medici and is now in the Galleria Palatina in Florence. For the time between the 1698 and 1829 inventories, it was mis-attributed to Titian.
The earliest record of the work is its purchase by Leopoldo de' Medici. Between 1698 and 1829, it was thought that the painting was made by Titian. In the Palazzo Pitti, it is possible to track the placement of paintings in varies rooms of the ducal apartments. During one of these moves, the painting's original frame was lost. The inventories recorded it as adorned and carved. The painting's frame today, also old, originally belonged to a bigger canvas.