-
1 of 253523 objects
Portrait of Cardinal Antonio Ciocchi del Monte published 1846
Etching with engraving | 28.3 x 21.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 852129

Giuseppe Benaglia (c. 1796-c. 1830)
Portrait of Cardinal Antonio Ciocchi del Monte published 1846
-
An outline-etching after the Portrait of Cardinal Antonio Ciocchi del Monte, a painting by Sebastiano del Piombo (c.1512-15) now in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (inv. NGI.783). Lettered with production details, former attribution to Raphael and identity of the sitter. Published in Il Ritratto del Cardinale Antonio dal Monte; estratto dal 'Diario di Roma' n.31 dei 18 Aprile 1846.
When this print was published, the painting was reputed to be by Raphael and housed in the collection of Leopoldo Fabri in Rome who (according to Passavant) bought it at the Cardinal Fesch sale of 1845.Provenance
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
-
Creator(s)
(printmaker) -
Medium and techniques
Etching with engraving
Measurements
28.3 x 21.1 cm (sheet of paper)
10.0 x 8.1 cm (image)
17.0 x 12.1 cm (platemark)
Other number(s)
Alternative title(s)
CARDINALE ANTONIO DAL MONTE