Artwork: Portrait of a Cardinal
Artist: Sebastiano del Piombo
Created: c. 1500
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 71.5 x 57 cm
Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
“Sebastiano del Piombo (c. 1485-1547) was a Venetian who began under the strong influence of Giorgione but settled at Rome and came under the spell of Michelangelo.
A dusky splendour of colouring remains typical of Sebastiano; and a grandeur in portraiture which Vasari rightly emphasised.” (ML)
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