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Lot 69

Follower of Pierre Hubert Subleyras
(Saint-Gilles-du-Gard 1699-1749 Rome)
Portrait of a dwarf holding a portrait of Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga

6 December 2017, 15:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Follower of Pierre Hubert Subleyras (Saint-Gilles-du-Gard 1699-1749 Rome)

Portrait of a dwarf holding a portrait of Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga
oil on canvas
102 x 85.1cm (40 3/16 x 33 1/2in).

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Cardinal Valenti Gonzaga (1690-1756) was an important member of the Roman Catholic Church in the first half of the 18th century: he was ordained in 1731, made a Cardinal in 1738 and Secretary of State in 1740. It is possible that the present work depicts the Cardinal's dwarf, known as Giovan Battista Mamo, holding a portrait of his master. The portrait of the Cardinal is based on Subleyras's half-length original, now in the Galleria Cini, Rome.

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