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MAJOR (ACTIVE 18C?)

The bust of Cardinal Reginal Pole [after Sebastiano del Piombo]

c.1700-1790

Engraving | 19.4 x 13.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852125

A print reproducing a portion of Sebastiano del Piombo's 'Portrait of Cardinal Reginald Pole', a painting currently in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; in an circle. Lettered with former attribution to Raphael, identity of the sitter and production details.

  • Creator(s)

    Major (active 18C?) (engraver)

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

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

  • 19.4 x 13.8 cm (sheet of paper)

  • CARDINAL POLE.

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Christian church in general
            • Church government. Ecclesiastical organization
              • Cardinals (papal appointees)
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