RUBENS, Peter Paul
(b. 1577, Siegen, d. 1640, Antwerpen)

Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

1600s
Oil on canvas, 127 x 98 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

This is a copy of a portrait painted in the winter of 1524/25 by Titian. The original is unfortunately lost but its appearance is recorded in a high-quality, full-size copy, probably by Rubens.