The ''Portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese'' is a portrait of cardinal Alessandro Farnese (the future
Pope Paul III
Pope Paul III (; ; born Alessandro Farnese; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death, in November 1549.
He came to the papal throne in an era follo ...
) by
Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...
, 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.
The painting resides at the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte in
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...
.
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List of paintings by Raphael
The following is a list of paintings by the Italian Renaissance painter Raphael. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period. He was enormously prolific. Despite his early death ...
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1511 paintings
Farnese
16th-century portraits
Paintings in the Museo di Capodimonte
1510s paintings