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A portrait of Bindo Altoviti
c.1700-1800Engraving | 11.5 x 9.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850097
An anonymous engraving after the head in the portrait of Bindo Altoviti, a painting by Raphael (c.1516-18) now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (Samuel Kress Collection, inv. no.1943.4.33). Trimmed within the platemark.
Traditionally, the painting was regarded as a self-portrait by Raphael. Its authorship has been disputed, but scholars are now almost unanimous in considering it an authentic work by Raphael. The identification of the sitter as Bindo Altoviti, a banker born in Rome in 1491 but of Florentine origin, is now universally accepted.
A print after this portrait is also included in the "Portraits by Raphael" section of the Raphael Collection; see RCIN 852054 for it.
Creator(s)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Subject(s)
Bindo Altoviti (1491-1557)11.5 x 9.7 cm (sheet of paper)
6.6 x 4.7 cm (image)
- Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- visual works
Bibliographic reference(s)
Capellen 2008 : Capellen, JM, 2008. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 3, The Roman Portraits ca.1508-1520 pp.109-14, no.72
Henry/Joannides 2012 : Late Raphael, 2012. Edited by T. Henry and P. Joannides pp.279-84, no.77
Other number(s)
Ruland p.9.B.IV.3
