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Portraits

AFTER PERINO DEL VAGA (FLORENCE 1501-ROME 1547)

Portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese

c.1680-1780

Engraving | 36.6 x 26.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852127

A print after the 'Portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese', a painting executed by Pietro Bonaccorsi (known as Perino del Vaga) in c.1540-47, currently housed in the Palazzo Corsini, Rome.

In the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples (inv.Q133) is a similar portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (although in reverse and different in size) now unanimously attributed to Titian, to whom the Corsini portrait was previously ascribed.
  • Creator(s)

    After Perino del Vaga (Florence 1501-Rome 1547) (artist)

    After a work previously attributed to Titian (c. 1488-Venice 1576) (artist)

  • 36.6 x 26.8 cm (sheet of paper)

    35.7 x 25.9 cm (platemark)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Christian church in general
            • Church government. Ecclesiastical organization
              • Cardinals (papal appointees)