After Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449-1494), Francesco Sassetti (1421-1490) and His Son Teodoro, watercolour, 42 x 30.5cm.; 16.5 x 12in. * Francesco Sassetti (1421-1490) worked in the Medici banks in Avignon, Geneva and Lyons, and was an advisor to Piero de'Medici and Lorenzo the Magnificent. Both of Sassetti's sons were named Teodoro, with the younger one born in 1479, the year of the elder's death. If the younger Teodoro is portrayed here, the painting probably dates to about 1487. Ghirlandaio has set father and son against a background showing an oratory built by Sassetti in Geneva. The same building recurs in the magnificent frescoes painted by Ghirlandaio for Sassetti in Santa Trinita, Florence, between 1483 and 1486. The head and figure of Sassetti in this portrait are much repainted.