- Rosella Segreto was the model for his portrait "The Beautiful Italian" (La Bella Italiana) (1951).
- Was given a full state Italian funeral and interred in the monumental cemetery at San Miniato al Monte, overlooking Florence.
- His works have been bought by the most important museums in the world: the Uffizi Gallery, Modern Art Gallery, and Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy; the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Royal Collection of Windsor Castle and the National Portrait Gallery of London,England; the Vatican Museums in Rome, Italy.
- Selected portraits by Annigoni appeared as TIME covers: Oct. 5, 1962 Pope John XXIII; Nov. 1, 1963 Ludwig Erhard; Apr. 12, 1968 Lyndon B. Johnson.
- Works include portraits of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Pope John XXIII, John F. Kennedy, the Shah of Iran, legendary ballerina Margot Fonteyn, the Maharanee of Jaipur, Italian writer Luigi Ugolini, prodigious poet Vanna Bonta as a young girl, and self-portraits.
- Was chosen by TIME magazine to paint President John F. Kennedy for the TIME "Man of the Year" cover, Jan. 5, 1962.
- Father of Benedetto Annigoni.
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