Titian - Portrait of Ranuccio Farnese 1542
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Portrait of Ranuccio Farnese 1542
89x73cm oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art Washington, Washington DC, United States
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From National Gallery of Art Washington:
Ranuccio Farnese was 12 years old when Titian painted his portrait. The boy had been sent to Venice by his grandfather, Pope Paul III, to become prior of an important property belonging to the Knights of Malta. As a member of the powerful and aristocratic Farnese family, Ranuccio went on to an illustrious ecclesiastical career. He was made Archbishop of Naples at the age of 14, and he later served as Bishop of Bologna, Archbishop of Milan and Ravenna, and Cardinal Sant'Angelo, dying when he was only 35 years old.