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Goltzius arrived in Rome in 1591 due to health reasons. However, he produced there a number of large portraits executed in chalks of various colours. Most of these portraits are of artists he met on his travels, both Dutch and Italian. The portrait shown in the picture was identified in the 20th century as that of Pierre Francheville (his Italianized name is Pietro Francavilla) on the basis of the similarities to a painted portrait of the sculptor, who lived in Florence and was the leading assistant of Giambologna.
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