# Cardinal Alessandro Farnese

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## Artwork

- Artist: [TIZIANO Vecellio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tiziano-vecellio-rf16f53052a933d>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 97 x 73 cm

## Commentary

Alessandro Farnese \(1520—1589\) was the son of Pier Luigi Farnese and the grandson of Pope Paul III. Though he was showered with ecclesiastical honors by his grandfather, he did not succeed in becoming pope when Paul died in 1549. Nonetheless, he continued to exert considerable influence on Roman politics until his death, and was in addition, a particularly important patron of the arts.

## Related artworks

- [A Knight of Malta](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tiziano-vecellio-rf16f53052a933d/a-knight-of-malta-r97c2cb74329681>)
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- [Angel of the Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tiziano-vecellio-rf16f53052a933d/angel-of-the-annunciation-r1d07eff28eafbf>)
- [Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tiziano-vecellio-rf16f53052a933d/annunciation-r25581286ca8372>)
- [Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tiziano-vecellio-rf16f53052a933d/antoine-perrenot-de-granvelle-detail-rf19fd70ef9d46f>)
- [Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tiziano-vecellio-rf16f53052a933d/antoine-perrenot-de-granvelle-r479ab578f462ed>)
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- [Assumption of the Virgin \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tiziano-vecellio-rf16f53052a933d/assumption-of-the-virgin-detail-rf0870bd21f9bf0>)
- [Assumption of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tiziano-vecellio-rf16f53052a933d/assumption-of-the-virgin-r2f559817913233>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)