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Portrait of Cardinal Reginald Pole

c.1729

Engraving | RCIN 852124

A print after the 'Portrait of Cardinal Reginald Pole', a painting by Sebastiano del Piombo currently in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. Lettered with production details, attribution to Raphael or Sebastiano del Piombo and identity of the sitter. Published in 'Recueil Crozat', Paris 1729, plate 3.
  • Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)

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