Lot 744: Andrea Procaccini, Portrait of Cardinal Carlos de Borja, Oi

Andrea Procaccini Rome 1671 – Real Sitio de San Ildefonso 1734 Portrait of Cardinal Carlos de Borja Oil on canvas This work was probably the original for the portrait of the cardinal included in "Ilustración, y publicación de los diez y siete secretos del Doctor Juan Cuervo Semmedo" (Madrid, Domingo Fernández de Arrojo, 1732) print by Juan Sánchez in 1731. The Museo del Prado houses a portrait of the same model, made circa 1721, considered the author's best example of this genre (inv. no. P002882). The portrayed, Carlos de Borja Centellas Ponce de León (Gandía 1663 - La Granja 1733), son of Francisco de Borja-Centelles y Doria, IX Duke of Gandía, was major priest of Philip V, archbishop of Trebisonda and patriarch of the Indies. Reference literature: Andrés Úbeda de los Cobos, "Felipe V y el retrato de Corte", in "El arte en la corte de Felipe V", Madrid, National Heritage, Museo Nacional del Prado and Fundación Caja Madrid, 2002, p. 123. 76x57.8 cm