The Farinelli Art Gallery

Possible portrait of Farinelli in his youth

Probable portrait of Farinelli, possibly in his 20s


Anonymous, Farinelli in the role of Epitide?, date unknown,
oil on canvas, 103 x 82 cm, Dr. Leo Schofield, Sydney, Australia.

Farinelli at about 30


Jacopo Amigoni, Ritratto di Farinelli, 1734-35,
oil on canvas, 277 x 186 cm,
Muzeul National de Arta al Romanieri, Bucarest

Farinelli at about 30


Bartolomeo Nazari, Portrait of Farinelli, 1734, The Royal College of Music, London

Joseph Wagner after Jacopo Amigoni,
Carlo Broschi, known as Farinelli,
1735, engraving, 29.8 x 21.2 cm.
Gift of Robert M. Light, Ackland Fund, 91.102,
University of North Carolina

Farinelli at 30


Alexander Van Haecken after Charles Lucy,
Carlo Broschi ('Farinelli'), 1735,
mezzotint, 350 mm x 250 mm, Private collection

Farinelli in his mid-40s


Corrado Giaquinto, Ritratto di Carlo Broschi detto Farinelli, c. 1750,
Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italia
This portrait was probably painted in 1750. He is wearing the prestigious dress of the
Order of Calatrava and received the decoration in that year. He stands in front of the
portraits of Ferdinand VI of Spain and Barbara of Bragance.

Farinelli in his mid-40s


Corrado Giaquinto, Preparatory sketch for the above painting,
City of Westminster Archive Centre, London, U.K.
(Wrongly attributed to Amigoni)

Farinelli in his mid-to-late 40s


Jacopo Amigoni, "The Sopranist Carlo Broschi, called Il Farinelli",
c. 1752, oil on canvas, Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart

Jacopo Amigoni, A Portrait of Carlo Maria Broschi, called Farinelli, wearing the Cross of the Order of Calatrava,
c. 1750-52, oil on canvas, 82 x 61 cm, Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid

Farinelli, probably in his 40s


Jacopo Amigoni , Farinelli wearing the Cross of St. Jago, date unknown

Portrait of Farinelli, date unknown


attr. Jacopo Amigoni, Ritratto del Farinelli, date unknown, oil on canvas, Musée Carnavalet, Paris

Farinelli in old age?


Anonymous, Possible portrait of Farinelli in old age, date unknown

Pier Leone Ghezzi, Farinelli in un ruolo femminile,
c. 1750, Roma, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

Pier Leone Ghezzi, Caricature, 1724

Marco Ricci, Farinelli con Francesca Cuzzoni e l'impressario Heidegger, c. 1730

Farinelli at the court of Spain

Joseph Flipart after Jacopo Amigoni, Ferdinando VI of Spain, Maria Barbara and the Spanish court, 1752,
New York, R. K., printed in 1949 from the original copperplate now in the Calcografia Nacional, Madrid
(Farinelli on balcony with Domenico Scarlatti, top right. Hover mouse there to enlarge)