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Alessandro Farnese (II)

male / Italian

art collector, patron, cardinal, diplomat

Qualifications: art collector, patron, cardinal, diplomat
Farnese commissioned the construction of the Jesuit Church Il Gesù and the Villa Farnese in Viterbo.He was patron of Giorgio Vasari, Titian, Francesco Salviati, Giulio Clovio, Jacopo Vignola, the brothers Taddeo and Federico Zucccaro. His collection counted many antique sculptures, of which some were later drawn by Netherlandish artists, such as Maarten van Heemskerck, Maarten de Vos, Hendrik Goltzius and Peter Paul Rubens.

Nationality/school: Italian

Born: Valentano 1520-10-07

Deceased: Caprarola 1589-03-02

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Pier Luigi Farnese, grandson ofAlessandro (I) Farnese (Pope Paul III)

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

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Turner et al. 1996 , vol. 10 (1996), p. 809-811 (as: Farnese, Alessando)
De Castris 1996 , p. 57 ff

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Project: Gerson Digital : Italy

External links: this collector in Treccani

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Creation date: 2012-07-18; Last modified date: 2023-02-09

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