Portrait_of_Cardinal_Alessandro

Portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese

Artist	Raphael
Year	c. 1509–1511
Type	Oil on wood
Dimensions	139 cm × 91 cm (55 in × 36 in)
Location	Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

The Portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese is a portrait of cardinal Alessandro Farnese (the future Pope Paul III) by Raphael,^[1] executed circa 1509-1511.

The cardinal posed near a window with a bright foreground, leading into a dark hall. His delicate right hand holds a letter.^[1]

The painting resides at the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte in Naples.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Knackfuss 1966, pp. 113, 362.

References

Knackfuss, Hermann (1966). Raphael. pp. 113, 362.

External links

Catalogue entry
Media related to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (Raffaello) at Wikimedia Commons

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Early works	Baronci Altarpiece (1500–1501) Saint Sebastian (1501–1502) Resurrection of Christ (1499–1502) Mond Crucifixion (1502–1503) Madonna and Child with the Book ( c. 1503) Solly Madonna ( c. 1500–1504) Oddi Altar (1502–1504) Conestabile Madonna ( c. 1502–1504) Portrait of a Man ( c. 1503–1504) Vision of a Knight (1503–1504) The Marriage of the Virgin (1504) Diotallevi Madonna ( c. 1504) Portrait of Perugino ¹ ( c. 1504) Colonna Altarpiece ( c. 1503–1505) Saint George ( c. 1503–1505) Three Graces ( c. 1503–1505) Saint Michael ( c. 1504–1505)
Florentine period	Christ Blessing ( c. 1502–1504) Portrait of Pietro Bembo ( c. 1504) Portrait of Elisabetta Gonzaga ² ( c. 1504–1505) Portrait of Emilia Pia da Montefeltro ² ( c. 1504–1505) Small Cowper Madonna ( c. 1504–1505) Terranuova Madonna ( c. 1504–1505) Madonna del Granduca ( c. 1505) Saint George and the Dragon ( c. 1505) Young Man with an Apple ( c. 1505) Self-portrait (1504–1506) La donna gravida (1505–1506) Madonna del Cardellino ( c. 1505–1506) Young Woman with Unicorn ( c. 1505–1506) Madonna del Prato (1506) Madonna with Beardless Saint Joseph ( c. 1506) Portrait of Agnolo Doni ( c. 1506) Portrait of Guidobaldo da Montefeltro ( c. 1506) Portrait of Maddalena Doni ( c. 1506) Ansidei Madonna (1505–1507) Madonna of the Pinks ( c. 1506–1507) Bridgewater Madonna ( c. 1507–1508) The Deposition (1507) Madonna of the Baldacchino ( c. 1506–1508) La belle jardinière (1507–1508) (completed by Ridolfo Ghirlandaio) Canigiani Holy Family ( c. 1507–1508) Colonna Madonna ( c. 1507–1508) Portrait of a Young Woman (La Muta) ( c. 1507–1508) Esterhazy Madonna ( c. 1508) Niccolini-Cowper Madonna (1508) Tempi Madonna (1508) Saint Catherine of Alexandria ( c. 1507–1509)
Roman period	Portrait of Tommaso Inghirami ( c. 1509) Garvagh Madonna ( c. 1509–1510) Portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese ( c. 1509–1511) Portrait of a Cardinal ( c. 1510–1511) Alba Madonna ( c. 1511) Madonna of Loreto ( c. 1511) The Prophet Isaiah (1511–1512) Madonna of Foligno ( c. 1511–1512) Portrait of Pope Julius II (1511, 1512) Galatea ( c. 1512) Madonna with the Fish ( c. 1512–1514) Madonna della Seggiola ( c. 1513–1514) Madonna of the Candelabra ( c. 1513–1514) Sistine Madonna ( c. 1513–1514) Madonna dell'Impannata ( c. 1513–1514) Madonna della Tenda ( c. 1513–1514) Portrait of a Young Man ( c. 1513–1514) Sibyls (1514) Portrait of Bindo Altoviti ( c. 1512–1515) Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione ( c. 1514–1515) Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary ( c. 1514–1516) Creation of the World (1516) Portrait of Andrea Navagero and Agostino Beazzano (1516) Portrait of Cardinal Bibbiena ( c. 1516) La velata ( c. 1516) Visitation ( c. 1517) The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia ( c. 1514–1517) Madonna with the Blue Diadem ( c. 1510–1518) Holy Family of Francis I (1518) Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan (1518) Ezekiel's Vision ( c. 1518) Portrait of Doña Isabel de Requesens y Enríquez de Cardona-Anglesola (with Giulio Romano) ( c. 1518) Saint Margaret and the Dragon ( c. 1518) La Fornarina (1518–1519) Small Holy Family ( c. 1518–1519) (with Giulio Romano) Portrait of a Young Woman ( c. 1518–1519) (with Giulio Romano) Transfiguration (1516–1520) Madonna de Bogota ( c. 1517–1520) Portrait of Pope Leo X with Two Cardinals ( c. 1518–1520) Madonna of the Rose (1518–1520) Self-Portrait with a Friend (1518–1520)
Raphael Rooms	The Parnassus (1509–1511) The School of Athens (1509–1511) Disputation of the Holy Sacrament (1510–1511) Cardinal and Theological Virtues (1511) The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple (1511–1512) The Mass at Bolsena (1512–1514) The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila (1513–1514) Deliverance of Saint Peter (1514) The Fire in the Borgo ( c. 1514–1517) (executed by Giulio Romano)
Tapestry cartoons	Miraculous Draught of Fishes (1514–1516) Christ's Charge to Peter (1514–1516) Healing of the Lame Man (1514–1516) Death of Ananias (1514–1516) Conversion of the Proconsul (1514–1516) Sacrifice at Lystra (1514–1516) Saint Paul Preaching in Athens (1514–1516)
Drawings	Lucretia (1500s) Adoration of the Shepherds ( c. 1508)
Sculptures	Jonah (1520) (executed by Lorenzetto) Elijah ( c. 1520–1524) (executed by Lorenzetto and Raffaello da Montelupo)
Buildings	Chigi Chapel (1507–1520) (continued by other architects) Palazzo Jacopo da Brescia (1515–1519) Palazzo Branconio dell'Aquila ( c. 1520) Sant'Eligio degli Orefici (1509–1575) (completed by Baldassare Peruzzi and Bastiano da Sangallo) Villa Madama (1518–1525) (completed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and other disciples) Villa Farnesina (decoration)
Related	Giovanni Santi (father) Imperia Cognati (mistress and model) Margarita Luti (mistress and model) Giulio Romano (disciple and collaborator) Raphael and La Fornarina (1813 painting) Raphael (1894 opera) La Fornarina (1944 film) Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module SS Raffaello Raphael (crater) Vatican loggias
¹ Also attributed to Lorenzo di Credi ² Attributed

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