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GIUSEPPE VALLARDI (1784-1861)

Portrait of a Man (Cesare Borgia?)

published 1843

Coloured lithograph | 21.6 x 16.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852144

A coloured lithograph of a painting when in the collection of Count Castelbarco in Milan, formerly reputed to be by Raphael. The lettering below image identifies the sitter as Cesare Borgia (1475-1507). Published in Ritratto del duca Cesare Valentino Borgia dipinto da Raffaele Sanzio scoperto nella galleria Castelbarco a Milano, Milan 1843.

  • Creator(s)

    Giuseppe Vallardi (1784-1861) (publisher)

    After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

    Subject(s)

    Cesare Borgia (1476-1507)

  • 21.6 x 16.3 cm (sheet of paper)

    14.4 x 12.4 cm (image)

  • IL DUCA VALENTINO BORGIA

  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.157 B.XXV.1

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