Portraits
Portrait of Cardinal Antonio Ciocchi del Monte
c.1853-76Albumen print | RCIN 852128
A photograph of a drawn copy of the 'Portrait of Cardinal Antonio Ciocchi del Monte', a painting by Sebastiano del Piombo (c.1512-15) now in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (inv. NGI.783).
When this picture was taken, the painting was reputed to be by Raphael and then housed in the collection of Leopoldo Fabri in Rome, who (according to Passavant) bought it at the Cardinal Fesch sale of 1845.
- Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)