Portrait of Prince Alessandro Farnese

Painting by Sofonisba Anguissola

Portrait of Prince Alessandro Farnese

Year	c. 1560 (Julian)
Dimensions	107 cm (42 in) × 79 cm (31 in)
Identifiers	Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID (deprecated): 20284071
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The Portrait of Prince Alessandro Farnese is a painting by the 16th-century Italian artist Sofonisba Anguissola. It depicts the prince, later the Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as 15-year old boy, dressed in refined courtly clothing. Prince Alessandro was the son of Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, and the grandson of King Charles V of Spain. The portrait was painted in c. 1560 and now hangs in the National Gallery of Ireland, in Dublin.

The painting was purchased by the National Gallery of Ireland in 1864. At the time it was attributed to Alonso Sánchez Coello, but later study of the painting revealed it to be the work of Anguissola. The reattribution revealed this to have been the first painting by a female artist to enter the gallery's collection.

References

Bodart, Diane H. (3 April 2018). "Les visages d'Alexandre Farnèse, de l'héritier du duché de Parme au défenseur de la foi". Bulletin du Centre de recherche du château de Versailles. Sociétés de cour en Europe, XVIe–XIXe siècle – European Court Societies, 16th to 19th Centuries (in French). doi:10.4000/crcv.14759. ISSN 1958-9271.
"Portrait of Prince Alessandro Farnese (1545–1592), later Duke of Parma and Piacenza". onlinecollection.nationalgallery.ie. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Paintings:	List of paintings by Sofonisba Anguissola
1550s	Portrait of Elena Anguissola Self-portrait {Gallery} Self-portrait (Kunsthistorisches Museum) Self-portrait (Museo Poldi Pezzoli) The Game of Chess Self-Portrait at a Spinet Miniature Self-Portrait Self-Portrait Self-portrait at the Easel Painting a Devotional Panel Portrait of a Monk Portrait of Massimiliano II Stampa Portrait of Bianca Ponzoni Anguissola (the artist's mother) Portrait of the Artist's Family Self-portrait Portrait of Giovanni Battista Caselli Bernardino Campi Painting Sofonisba Anguissola
1560s	Portrait of Prince Alessandro Farnese Portrait of Joanna of Austria Portrait of Elisabeth of Valois, (Madrid) Portrait of Juana of Austria and a Young Girl Portrait of Minerva Anguissola Portrait of Elisabeth of Valois (1545–1568), Queen consort of Spain and her daughter Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566–1633) Portrait of Philip II of Spain Portrait of a Boy at the Spanish Court
1570s	Virgin and Child Portrait of a Couple Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia and Infanta Catherine Michaela Portrait of Philip II of Spain Portrait of Anna of Austria (1549–1580) Portrait of Francesco I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541–1587)
1580s	Portrait of a Young Woman in Profile A Man with his Daughter Three children with dog Portrait of a Young Lady Portrait of Giuliano Cesarini
1590s	Madonna Suckling the Infant Christ Portrait of Queen Elisabeth of Spain (1545–1568) Portrait of the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia
1610s	Self-portrait in old age
Drawings	Child Bitten by a Lobster
Relatives	Elena Anguissola (sister)

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