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JAN VAN SOMER (C. 1645-99)

Portrait of Ferry Carondelet with his Secretaries

c.1665-89

Mezzotint | 29.4 x 21.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852105

A print after the Portrait of Ferry Carondelet and his Secretaries, a painting by Sebastiano del Piombo (c.1510-12) currently in the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid (inv. 369 (1934.20)). The portrait has been long attributed to Raphael and was formerly owned by the Duke of Grafton, London.

  • Creator(s)

    Jan van Somer (c. 1645-99) (mezzotinter)

    After Sebastiano Del Piombo (1485-1547) (artist)

    After a work previously attributed to Raphael (1483-1520) (artist)

  • annotation: Feriio [?] Carondelet [front, lower margin, in pencil]

  • 29.4 x 21.4 cm (sheet of paper)

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

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • prints
  • Other number(s)

    Ruland p.154 B.I.2

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