Portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (Titian)
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Portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese is a c. 1545–46 oil on canvas three-quarter-length portrait of Alessandro Farnese the Younger (1520–1589) by Titian, now in the Museo nazionale di Capodimonte in Naples.[1]
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Portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese | |
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Artist | Titian |
Year | c. 1545 – 46 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Location | Museo di Capodimonte, Naples |
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Its subject is shown in front of a green curtain, wearing a cardinal's robes and holding gloves in his right hand (an accessory more usual in portraits of gentlemen and noblemen than of clerics).[2][1] His depiction here is similar to that in Pope Paul III and His Grandsons, placing the two works close together in date.[1]