- Object type
- Paintings
- Date
- Production: c. 1780
- Artist
- Antoine de Favray (1706 - 1798) (copy after)
- Subject(s)
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Religion and Devotion
Knights of Malta - Associated person
- Subject: Cardinal Joachimus Ferdinandus Portocarrero (1681 - 1760)
- Dimensions
- Height x width (canvas size): 750 x 620mm
- Materials and technique
- Oil on canvas
- References
- Barclay, Malcolm. "Cardinal Portocarrero." VADS. Accessed February 12, 2026. https://www.vads.ac.uk/digital/collection/NIRP/id/30588
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs M. J. B. Davey, 1928
- Catalogue number
- 1729
Cardinal Portocarrero
The paper that Cardinal Portocarrero is holding in this painting is his will. In it, he bequeathed 4670 manuscripts and books to the Order which went on to form the core of the Public Library of Malta. It was customary that property belonging to members was handed over to the Order on their deaths.