Portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese
Artist	Raphael
Year	1509-1511
Medium	Oil on wood
Location	Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
Dimensions	55 in × 36 in
	139 cm × 91 cm

Alessandro Farnese is the subject for Raphael’s The Portrait of Alessandro Farnese. He is an Italian cardinal, grandson of Pope Paul III and is a great collector of arts. He received many benefices. To name a few, he became the Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church, Governor of Tivoli, Archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and he was later put to position as Bishop of Montreal, Sicily in 1536. He later founded a Jesuit college there.

The painting depicts the image of the cardinal walking past a window and was holding a letter. The background used by the artist was a dark hall yet the foreground is bright. The painting is now housed in Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte in Naples.