_Carlo Maratti_ (Roman: 1625-1713).
Carlo Maratti (called also Carlo delle Madonne, from the large
number of Madonna pictures that he painted) was an imitator of
Raphael, and for nearly half a century the most eminent painter
in Rome. The portrait of a cardinal should have come kindly
to him, for he was in the service of several popes, and was
appointed superintendent of the Vatican Chambers by Innocent XI.