Lot No. 667


Florentine court painter, 16th century


Florentine court painter, 16th century - Old Master Paintings

Portrait of a lady, probably Princess Isabella de Medici-Orsini,
oil on canvas, 61.3 x 46.4 cm, framed

This portrait is considered to bear stylisitic semblance to Florentine court painters such as Santi di Tito and Alessandro Allori. Professor Elizabeth Pilliod has attributed this work to an artist inspired by Northern European portrait styles such as that of Girolamo Macchietti, and identified the sitter as Princess Isabella de Medici-Orsini on grounds of its strong similarities to a fresco fragment which was once thought to depict Bianca Cappello (Uffizi, inv. 1890, no. 1500) (written communication). The results of Karla Langedijk’s research have now led most scholars to regard said fragment as depicting Isabella (1542–1576), the daughter of Cosimo I de’ Medici and Elenora of Toledo (see K. Langedijk, The Portraits of the Medici, Florence 1983, I: 1091–1098, cat. no. 63).

This portrait is considered to bear stylisitic semblance to Florentine court painters such as Santi di Tito and Alessandro Allori. Professor Elizabeth Pilliod attributed it to an artist inspired by Northern European portrait styles such as that of Girolam

Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556

alexander.strasoldo@dorotheum.at

15.10.2013 - 18:00

Realized price: **
EUR 14,940.-
Estimate:
EUR 12,000.- to EUR 15,000.-

Florentine court painter, 16th century


Portrait of a lady, probably Princess Isabella de Medici-Orsini,
oil on canvas, 61.3 x 46.4 cm, framed

This portrait is considered to bear stylisitic semblance to Florentine court painters such as Santi di Tito and Alessandro Allori. Professor Elizabeth Pilliod has attributed this work to an artist inspired by Northern European portrait styles such as that of Girolamo Macchietti, and identified the sitter as Princess Isabella de Medici-Orsini on grounds of its strong similarities to a fresco fragment which was once thought to depict Bianca Cappello (Uffizi, inv. 1890, no. 1500) (written communication). The results of Karla Langedijk’s research have now led most scholars to regard said fragment as depicting Isabella (1542–1576), the daughter of Cosimo I de’ Medici and Elenora of Toledo (see K. Langedijk, The Portraits of the Medici, Florence 1983, I: 1091–1098, cat. no. 63).

This portrait is considered to bear stylisitic semblance to Florentine court painters such as Santi di Tito and Alessandro Allori. Professor Elizabeth Pilliod attributed it to an artist inspired by Northern European portrait styles such as that of Girolam

Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556

alexander.strasoldo@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Old Master Paintings
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 15.10.2013 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 05.10. - 15.10.2013


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