Alessandro Farnese
- Category : Art-Other-Art
- Type : PM
- Profile : 4/6 - Opportunistic / Role Model
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Maya 3
Biography
Italian cardinal and diplomat and a great collector and patron of the arts.
He is remembered for gathering the greatest collection of Roman sculpture assembled in private hands since Antiquity.
He was the grandson of Pope Paul III (who also bore the name Alessandro Farnese), and the son of Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma.
He died on 2 March 1589.