Alessandro Farnese (5 October 1520 – 2 March 1589), an Italian cardinal and diplomat and a great collector and patron of the arts, was the grandson of...

Alexander Farnese (Italian: Alessandro Farnese, Spanish: Alejandro Farnesio; 27 August 1545 – 3 December 1592) was an Italian noble and condottiero, who...

du Vieux Paris, Année 1917. Paris: Imprimerie Municipale, 1922. Cooper, Richard (2007). "Legate's Luxury: The Entries of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese to...

Alessandro Farnese (later Pope Paul III), the brother of one of the Pope's mistresses, Giulia Farnese, was also among the newly created cardinals. On...

born in or around 1552, presumably in Paris, where her father, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese was at that time, from one of his many mistresses. Previously...

dropped. The Farnese faction, loyal to the family of the previous Pope, supported the election of Paul III's grandson, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, and also...

Galleria Farnese, including A Virgin with a Unicorn (c. 1604–05), he painted three of his own frescoes in the Loggia del Giardino of the Palazzo Farnese c. 1603–04...

nomination of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese and Cardinal Ippolito d' Este, elected (23 May) the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Gianpietro Carafa...

last major illuminated book of hours was the Farnese Hours completed for the Roman Cardinal Alessandro Farnese in 1546 by Giulio Clovio, who was also the...

initially resisted the election, but was eventually persuaded by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. Poggio resigned the government of his see in favor of his nephew...

("poems"), as the painter called them. This painting was done for Alessandro Farnese, but a later variant was produced for Philip II, for whom Titian painted...

century). Carafa was elected pope in 1555 through the influence of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese in the face of opposition from Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor...

portraits in this period, such as the portrait of Prince William I van Oranje-Nassau (William the Silent) (1555), the portrait of Alessandro Farnese (1557)...

considered at the conclave. Borromeo then reached an agreement with Alessandro Farnese, who held a significant number of votes, to support Antonio Ghislieri...

(1824) made by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. The bust is a portrait of Cardinal Agostino Rivarola. The final niche on this side has a statue of St...

of the Holy Land and the literary and artistic circle around Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. He is most renowned for applying geometric theory to solve problems...

myth. The first version was painted in both Rome and Venice for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, whose grandfather then reigned as Pope Paul III. The papal nuncio...

Orthodox religious sister, martyr and saint (b. 1522) March 2 – Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1530) March 3 – Johannes Sturm, German educator (b. 1507)...

participated in the papal conclave of 11–12 October 1534, in which Cardinal Alessandro Farnese was elected Pope Paul III. A year later, on 20 October 1535,...

statue of Marcus Aurelius. He designed the upper floor of the Palazzo Farnese and the interior of the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, in which he...

carousel in the courtyard. Christina finally settled down in the Palazzo Farnese, which belonged to the Duke of Parma. Every Wednesday she held the palace...

defending his family's properties and the Palazzo Farnese. His father, Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, was meanwhile positioned alongside Pope Clement VII...

man and affectionate towards the ladies". He is said to have painted portraits of his mistress and to have assigned the engraver il Baviera to serve...

Portrait of Giacomo di Andrea Dolfin, formerly known only as Portrait of a Man, is an oil painting by the Venetian master Titian, made about 1531. It...

Grandsons (1545–1546) Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (c. 1545–1546) Pier Luigi Farnese (1546) Andrea Gritti (c. 1546–1550) Equestrian Portrait of Charles V (1548)...

temple of Janus, signed with the artist's name; a signed portrait medal of Francis; a medal of Cardinal Pietro Bembo; and the celebrated gold, enamel and ivory...

Medal of Alessandro de' Medici, British Museum, London (url) Francesco di Giorgio (1439–1502), 12 sculptures : Pope Pius II Names Cardinal His Nephew...

his fellow Venetian and contemporary Giorgione. It is located in the Musée du Louvre in Paris. This painting was created between approximately 1509 and...

Clovio, El Greco was received as a guest at the Palazzo Farnese, which Cardinal Alessandro Farnese had made a center of the artistic and intellectual life...

probably little more than a wishful thinking of Parma's minister, Guillaume du Tillot, considering that she had been engaged from early childhood to the...