Grand Master Cardinal Hugues Loubenx de Verdala

Cardinal Hugues Loubenx de Verdala was the 52nd Grand Master of the Order of St John, between 1581 and 1595. The controversial matter of a Grand Master wearing the eight pointed cross of the Order on his Cardinal's mantle first occurred under Verdala. It was resolved when Giacomo Bosio, the Order's agent, went to Rome with a portrait of Cardinal d'Aubusson wearing the cross over his red mantle, and Verdala was allowed to continue wearing the cross.

Object type

Paintings

Date

Production (possible): 19th century

Associated person

Subject: Hugues Loubenx de Verdala (1531 - 1595)

Inscriptions

F. UGO CARD: VERDALA

Dimensions

Height x width x depth (canvas size): 690 x 550mm

Materials and technique

Oil on canvas

Related place(s)

Malta

References

Barclay, Malcolm. "Hugues Loubenx de Verdala." VADS. Accessed October 25, 2024. https://www.vads.ac.uk/digital/collection/NIRP/id/29997

Credit line

Gift of Major Sir Algernon Tudor-Craig KBE FSA, 1933

Catalogue number

1789