LEONIDA CALDESI (1823-91)
Prince Arthur, later Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)
1857RCIN 2900254
This is one of two portraits of Prince Arthur by Caldesi, who probably took inspiration either from the two putti from Raphael's Sistine Madonna or from a photograph by Rejlander on the same theme, taken earlier the same year.
annotation: Prince Arthur/ 1857/ By Caldesi. [beneath work]