Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt

Artist	Caravaggio
Year	1607-1608
Type	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	195 cm × 134 cm (77 in × 53 in)
Location	Louvre, Paris

Fra Alof de Wignacourt was Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller of St. John from 1601 to 1622. He was of the langue of France. His reign was notable for the construction of a number of coastal fortifications (the Wignacourt towers), and of the aqueduct that brought water from the plateau above Rabat to Valletta. His parade armour survives and is one of the treasures of the Palace Armoury in Valletta. He was a patron of the painter Caravaggio.

Official portrait of Alof de Wignacourt.

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• Grandmaster Fra Alof de Wignacourt

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