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Follower of Cristofano di Papi dell'Altissimo(active Florence, 1552-1605)Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Pier Francesco de Medici, bust-length, in a fur-collared crimson coat
6 April 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge£3,000 - £5,000
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Follower of Cristofano di Papi dell'Altissimo (active Florence, 1552-1605)
Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Pier Francesco de Medici, bust-length, in a fur-collared crimson coat
inscribed 'PETRVSFRANCISCVS MED, LAVRENTII F,' (upper centre) and 'Cristofano del/Altissimo' (according to a label on the reverse)
oil on panel
66.2 x 51.5cm (26 1/16 x 20 1/4in).
inscribed 'PETRVSFRANCISCVS MED, LAVRENTII F,' (upper centre) and 'Cristofano del/Altissimo' (according to a label on the reverse)
oil on panel
66.2 x 51.5cm (26 1/16 x 20 1/4in).
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Provenance
Acquired by William Drury Lowe of Locko Park on one of the occasions when he visited Italy with his wife between 1839 and 1865 and thence by descent through the family
By whom sold, Bonhams, London, 24 October 2012, lot 83
Literature
J.P. Richter, Catalogue of Pictures at Locko Park, London, 1901, no. 64, p. 25 (as Cristofano Papi)
K. Langedijk, Portraits of the Medici, Florence, 1983, vol. II, p. 1322, no. 1a (as after Cristofano Papi)
The present portrait depicts the great-grandfather of Cosimo I, the Grand Duke of Tuscany. No contemporary portraits of him survive, and the sitter's likeness is derived from Filippino Lippi's Adoration of the Magi, altarpiece for the Monastery of San Donato a Scopeto, painted in 1496 and now in the Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence.
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