Plate 4: Pope Clement VII, Charles V Holy Roman Emperor, Cardinal Ippolito de' Medici, and Piero Ridolfi, with people of courtly distinction

Cardinal Benedetto Panfili is depicted on the copper engraving. He was one of the most important patrons of Handel in Rome. The cardinal also wrote the text for two of Handel’s com...

Portraiture constituted an important area within Cranach’s oeuvre as it was part of his repertoire from the outset of his career, increasing in terms of number of works from the ti...