''Portrait of Pietro Bembo'', also called ''Portrait of the Young Pietro Bembo'', is an
oil painting by Italian artist
Raphael. Completed ca. 1504, the painting hangs in the
Museum of Fine Arts in
Budapest.
The image is ostensibly a portrait of
Venetian
Venetian often means from or related to:
* Venice, a city in Italy
* Veneto, a region of Italy
* Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area
Venetian and the like may also refer to:
* Venetian language, a Romance language s ...
Cardinal
Pietro Bembo
Pietro Bembo, ( la, Petrus Bembus; 20 May 1470 – 18 January 1547) was an Italian scholar, poet, and literary theorist who also was a member of the Knights Hospitaller, and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. As an intellectual of the It ...
, Raphael's long-time friend. Raphael ''did'' make a black chalk drawing of Bembo during Bembo's visit to
Urbino in 1506. The picture hung in Bembo's home for years before it disappeared.
The lack of resemblance of this picture to its namesake, particularly in the nose, has led to other subjects being proposed, including Agnolo Doni, whom Raphael
painted around the same time. In a 2004 biography of Bembo, Carol Kidwell states that the subject "appears a happy courtier, not a man set on making his mark in the world, and he wears a red beret while Venetian noblemen wore black."
See also
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List of paintings by Raphael
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Pietro
Pietro is an Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
People
* Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice
* Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his death
* Pietro II Can ...
1504 paintings
Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest)