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A portrait of Bindo Altoviti
c.1780-1817Engraving | 26.0 x 21.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 850105
An engraving after the Portrait of Bindo Altoviti, a painting by Raphael (c.1516-18) now in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (Samuel Kress Collection, inv. no.1943.4.33). Signed by the printmaker with the attribution of the painting to Raphael.
Traditionally the painting was regarded as a self-portrait by Raphael. Its authorship has been disputed, but scholars are now almost unanimous in considering it an authentic work by Raphael. The identification of the sitter as Bindo Altoviti, a banker born in Rome in 1491 but of Florentine origin, is now universally accepted.
A print after this portrait is also included in the "Portraits by Raphael" section of the Raphael Collection; see RCIN 852054 for it.
Creator(s)
Johann Heinrich Lips (1758-1817) (engraver)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
26.0 x 21.1 cm (sheet of paper)
18.9 x 24.0 cm (platemark)
17.2 x 13.9 cm (image)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Bibliographic reference(s)
pp.109-14, no.72 (Capellen 2008 : Capellen, JM, 2008. Raphael : the paintings. Volume 3, The Roman Portraits ca.1508-1520)
pp.279-84, no.77 (Henry/Joannides 2012 : Late Raphael, 2012. Edited by T. Henry and P. Joannides)
