Portrait of Doña Isabel de Requesens y Enríquez de Cardona-Anglesola

A lithograph after a painting when in the collection of Baron Speck von Sternburg in Leipzig. The painting, which is now in the Leipzig Museum der bildenden Künste, is a copy of the 'Portrait of Doña Isabel de Requesens y Enríquez de Cardona-Anglesola' currently housed in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no.612). Lettered with production details, attribution to Raphael and identification of the sitter as Joanna d'Aragon. Stamped with a blind stamp at upper centre above image (not in Lugt). According to the legend below image, the reproduced painting was once in the Gallery of Comte de Fries in Vienna.

The authorship of the original portrait - which was commission from Raphael seemingly by Cardinal Bibbiena around 1518 - is an ongoing matter of debate. According to Vasari, Raphael executed the sitter's head only. Modern scholars are divided, with some ascribing it entirely to Raphael, others to Giulio Romano and some others regarding the painting as the result of cooperation between the two. Henry/Joannides (2012) have recently catalogued it as by Giulio, perhaps with an intervention by Raphael. For further discussion, see Bibliographic References.