The early modern cardinal : An historical appraisal

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Pattenden, Miles. (2021). The early modern cardinal : An historical appraisal. In In Baker-Bates, Piers and Brooke, Irene (Ed.). Portrait cultures of the early modern cardinal pp. 43-66 Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463725514_ch02
AuthorsPattenden, Miles
EditorsBaker-Bates, Piers and Brooke, Irene
Abstract

‘The Cardinal’ is among the most visual archetypes in European history. His rich red robes and ostentatious headgear betoken the leadership which the pope vests in him; his airs of primordial authority and sacerdotal noblesse instinctively draw the eye. Even an art historical layman can identify a cardinal immediately from the cut and colour of his cloth: scarlet, crimson, carmine, vermilion, ruby – even, as in the famous bespectacled portrait of Fernando Nino de Guevara (Plate 12), rose – the shade of red matters not, for the association of iconography and office is so strong. Cardinals thus, ironically, would seem...

Page range43-66
Year2021
Book titlePortrait cultures of the early modern cardinal
PublisherAmsterdam University Press
Place of publicationNetherlands
SeriesVisual and material culture, 1300–1700
ISBN9789463725514
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463725514_ch02
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