Cristofano dell'Altissimo
Introduction '''Cristofano dell'Altissimo''' (–1605) was an Italian painter in Florence.
Work For duke Cosimo I de' Medici he copied in Como at least 280 of the portraits from the Collection of Paolo Giovio known as the Giovio Series (484 in total).Most of them can be seen at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.=== Gallery ===File:Cristofano dell'altissimo, saladino, ante 1568 - Serie Gioviana.jpg|link=|Portrait of Saladin (1137-1193)File:Cristofano dell’Altissimo, Portrait of Lebnä-Dengel. c. 1552-1568.jpg|link=|Portrait of Lebnä-Dengel (1496-1540)File:MatteoPalmieri adj.JPG|link=|Portrait of Matteo Palmieri (1406–1475)File:Pico1.jpg|link=|Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–1494)File:Skanderbeg by Cristofano Dell'Altissimo.jpg|link=|Skanderbeg (1405-1468)File:Portrait of Shah Ismail I. Inscribed "Ismael Sophy Rex Pers". Painted by Cristofano dell'Altissimo, dated 1552-1568.jpg|link=|Shah Ismail I Safavi (1487-1524)File:Suleiman the Magnificent by Dell'Altissimo.jpg|link=|Portrait of Suleiman the Magnificent (1494–1566), after TitianFile:Bayezid I by Cristofano dell'Altissimo.jpg|link=|Portrait of Bayezid I (1360-1403)
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External links * Silvia Meloni Trkulja: CRISTOFANO di Papi dell'Altissimo in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, vol. 31, Roma 1985