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Artist



Alternative names	Raffaello Santi, Raffaello de Urbino, Rafael Sanzio de Urbino, Raffael
Description	Italian painter and architect
Date of birth/death	6 April 1483	6 April 1520
Location of birth/death	Urbino	Rome
Work location	Florence, Rome, Perugia
Authority control	WorldCat

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).

Current location

( Inventory) Louvre Museum

	Native name	Musée du Louvre
	Location	Paris
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 37.42″ N, 2° 20′ 15.36″ E
	Established	1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority control	WorldCat

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

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.

Dansk: Portræt af Baldassare Castiglione, Rafael, 1514-15.

English: Portrait of Balthazar Castiglione, Raphael, 1514-15.

Español: Retrato de Baltasar Castiglione, Rafael, 1514–15.

Français : Portrait de Balthazar Castiglione, Raphael, 1514-15.

Magyar: Raffaello Sanzio: Baldassare Castiglione portréja (1514-15 körül)

Italiano: Ritratto di Baldassarre Castiglione, Raffaello Sanzio, 1514-15.

日本語: ラファエロ『バルダッサーレ・カスティリオーネの肖像』1514年 - 15年

ქართული: ბალთაზარ კასტილიონეს პორტრეტი, რაფაელი, 1514-15 წლები.

한국어: 〈발다사레 카스틸리오네의 초상〉, 라파엘로 작, 1514-15.

Македонски: Портрет на Балдасаре Кастилјоне од Рафаело Санти, насл. 1514-15.

Bahasa Melayu: Portret Balthazar Castiglione, Raphael, 1514-15.

Nederlands: Het schilderij Portret van Baldassar Castiglione is een afbeelding van de Italiaanse graaf Baldassare Castiglione en is geschilderd in 1514- 1515 door Rafaël Santi.

Русский: Портрет Бальдассаре Кастильоне кисти Рафаэля, 1514-15.

Slovenščina: Portret Balthazarja Castiglioneja, Rafael, 1514-15.

中文（简体）‎: 拉斐尔·圣齐奥作品，《巴达萨尔·卡斯蒂利奥内肖像》，绘制于1514-15年，现收藏于卢浮宫。

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