Portraits
AFTER PERINO DEL VAGA (FLORENCE 1501-ROME 1547)
Portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese
c.1680-1780Engraving | 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.1540-7, 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.
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)
- Church government. Ecclesiastical organization
- Christian church in general
- Christianity
- Religions and faiths
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- Religion & Theology
Other number(s)
Ruland p.156 B.XVII.1
