Italian, Naples, late 17th/ early 18th century

This impressive bust corresponds to the portrait of Stefano Brancaccio (1618–1682) on the tomb monument he shared with his uncle, Cardinal Francesco Maria Brancaccio (1592-1675), in the Church of Sant'Angelo a Nilo in Naples. The tomb was executed by the sculptors Pietro and Bartolomeo Ghetti, who trained in the workshop of Gianlorenzo Bernini and were active in Naples from the 1770s.

A member of the prominent Neapolitan Brancaccio family, Stefano became Cardinal in 1681.