Cardinal Bibbiena   

Portrait of Cardinal Bibbiena (1516-1517)

by:   Raphael      patron:   Cardinal Bibbiena      category: Painting   

note:  Inscribed "Sanctissimo s[omi]no nostroa Pap[a]"l Cavacaselle (1882) proposed this painting was a collaborative work (with Raphael completing the head), however, cleaning in 1962 suggested that it was autograph Raphael composition. Scholars still had their doubts, with some (Freedberg 1961, del Vecchi 1982, Oberhuber 1982) proposing that this is a workshop copy after another original.