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Ranuccio Farnese (cardinal) Titian 's portrait of the 12-year-old Ranuccio Farnese. Ranuccio Farnese (11 August 1530 – 29 October 1565) was an Italian prelate of the Farnese family , who was Cardinal of Santa Lucia in Selci from 1545 to his death in 1565. Son of Pier Luigi Farnese, the illegitimate son of Pope Paul III, Farnese was created ...
Ranuccio Farnese was 11 years old when Titian began to paint his portrait. Adult responsibility came to Ranuccio when he was still a child, as Titian brilliantly conveyed through the cloak of office, too large and heavy, sliding off the boy’s small shoulders. When this painting was commissioned, Ranuccio had been sent to Venice by his ...
Ranuccio I Farnese. (illeg.) Prince Ottavio. Ranuccio I Farnese (28 March 1569 – 5 March 1622) reigned as Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1592. A firm believer in absolute monarchy, Ranuccio, in 1594, centralised the administration of Parma and Piacenza, thus rescinding the nobles' hitherto vast prerogative.
The House of Farnese ( / fɑːrˈneɪzi, - zeɪ /, also US: /- eɪsi /, [1] [2] Italian: [farˈneːze, -eːse]) was an influential family in Renaissance Italy. The titles of Duke of Parma and Piacenza and Duke of Castro were held by various members of the family. Its most important members included Pope Paul III, Alessandro Farnese (a cardinal ...
Ranuccio Farnese’s serious expression and formal costume contrast with his fresh-faced youthfulness. The work was painted when the twelve-year-old Farnese was sent by his grandfather, Pope Paul III, to become prior, or head of house, of a property belonging to the elite Knights of Malta, a religious order. He wears the Maltese cross on his robe.
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In 1611, Ranuccio Farnese (1569-1622), Duke of Parma and Piacenza, sentenced the feudal lords of Parma to death. They had organized a failed conspiracy against the Farnese. In addition to money, variuos assets and fiefdoms, the Farnese gained a large number of artworks by confiscation.
Titian 1541-1542. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Washington, DC, United States. Ranuccio Farnese was 11 years old when Titian began to paint his portrait. Adult responsibility came to Ranuccio when he was still a child, as Titian brilliantly conveyed through the cloak of office, too large and heavy, sliding off the boy’s small shoulders.
