Alessandro Farnese
Italian cardinal and diplomat (1520-1589) · France · On the map · Religious Figures · Died at 68
Alessandro Farnese was an Italian cardinal, diplomat, and a great collector and patron of the arts. Farnese was the grandson of Pope Paul III, and the son of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, who was murdered in 1547.
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Titian's triple portrait, Pope Paul III and his Grandsons, depicts Alessandro at left.
Pope Paul IV, c. 1556
Cardinal Carlo Borromeo
Cardinal Antonio Granvelle
Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici
Table to a design by Vignola, marble inlaid with alabaster and hardstones, made for Alessandro Farnese (detail of table top Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Portrait of Cardinal Farnese by Scipione Pulzone, c. 1579About this person
He should not be confused with his nephew, Alessandro Farnese, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, and the great-grandson of Pope Paul III.
