The Baroque painter Alessandro Turchi, also called l’Orbetto, began his career in Verona and then settled in Rome. After working alongside Giovanni Lanfranco and Carlo Saraceni in the Quirinal Palace in 1616, Turchi enjoyed prominent place in the Roman artistic milieu, undertaking commission for some of the period’s most prestigious patrons, including the Giusti and Borghese families. In 1637, Cardinal Francesco Barberini sponsored Turchi’s position as Principe, or director, of the Accademia di San Luca.
