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File:Baldassare Castiglione, by Raffaello Sanzio, from C2RMF retouched.jpg

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Title Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione
Date probably Winter 1514–1515
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 82 cm (32.3 in). Width: 67 cm (26.4 in).
Peintures italiennes, room 8: Grande Galerie. Denon, 1 st floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Paintings).
Accession number INV 611 Info non-talk.svg
References Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 13961
Joconde database: entry 000PE026977
Source/Photographer photographed by Elsa Lambert of C2RMF on 2010-06-23, retouched from File:Balthazar Castiglione, by Raffaello Sanzio, from C2RMF.jpg, originally C2RMF: Galerie de tableaux en très haute définition: image page
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English: Portrait of Balthazar Castiglione, Raphael, 1514-15.
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