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Portraits

Portraits

Portrait of Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de' Medici and Luigi de' Rossi

c.1853-76

Albumen print | RCIN 852092

A photograph of a painting attributed to Andrea del Sarto currently in the Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Capodimonte (inv. no.131). The painting is a copy of Raphael's 'Portrait of Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de' Medici and Luigi de' Rossi' (1517-18) housed in the Uffizi, Florence (inv.1912, no.40).
  • Acquired for the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)