Vincenzo Giustiniani

For other people named Vincenzo Giustiniani, see Vincenzo Giustiniani (disambiguation).
Vincenzo Giustiniani
Vincenzo Giustiniani in a portrait by Nicolas Régnier, c. 1630
Born13 September 1564
Chios
Died27 December 1637(1637-12-27) (aged 73)
Rome
Occupation(s)banker, art collector
Years active1586 - 1637
Known forart collection

Vincenzo Giustiniani (13 September 1564 – 27 December 1637) was an aristocratic Italian banker, art collector and intellectual of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, known today largely for the Giustiniani art collection, assembled at the Palazzo Giustiniani, near the Pantheon, in Rome, and at the family palazzo at Bassano by Vincenzo and his brother, Cardinal Benedetto,[1] and for his patronage of the artist Caravaggio.

  1. ^ Silvia Danesi Squarzina, "The Collections of Cardinal Benedetto Giustiniani": Part I, The Burlington Magazine (November 1997) and Part II, The Burlington Magazine 140 (February 1998:102-118), documented by three inventories, of 1600, 1621 and 1638; see the virtual Giustiniani Collection Archived 2012-07-17 at the Wayback Machine.