Ritratto di cardinale Tommaso Ruffo

1721

Giuseppe Maria Crespi1665 Bologna – 1747 Bologna
We have 2 artworks by Giuseppe Maria Crespi online.
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Tommaso Ruffo (1663-1753) was papal legate in Bologna 1721-1727 and important patron of Crespi. Here he is likely to present the papal credentials upon his arrival.
Also known as
Bildnis des Kardinallegaten Tommaso Ruffo Portrait of Cardinal Tommaso Ruffo, Papal Legate
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 74 x 62 cm
Inventory number
KS 55
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, The Betty and David Koetser Foundation, 1986