Castiglione, Baldassare, Conte
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CASTIGLIONE, BALDASSARE, CONTE baldas-sa ra kon ta kastelyo na, 1478 1529, Italian soldier, author, and statesman attached to...England, where it contributed to an ideal of aristocracy embodied in the person and accomplishments of Sir Philip Sidney. Castigliones portrait was painted by Raphael (c.1515), his tomb designed by Giulio Romano, and his epitaph composed by Bembo. See...