Portrait of a lady with a child, traditionally identified as Eleonora de' Medici, Duchess of Mantua (1567-1611) with her son Francesco IV (1586-1612), three-quarter-length, she wearing a corseted dress with a white collar, he holding a red carnation, in an interior

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Attributed to Lavinia Fontana (Bologna 1552-1614 Rome)
Portrait of a lady with a child, traditionally identified as Eleonora de' Medici, Duchess of Mantua (1567-1611) with her son Francesco IV (1586-1612), three-quarter-length, she wearing a corseted dress with a white collar, he holding a red carnation, in an interior
oil on canvas, unframed
46 1/8 x 36 7/8 in. (117.1 x 93.7 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The present picture is sold with a copy of a certificate from Dr. Maria Teresa Cantaro. In the certificate Dr Cantaro attributes the picture to Lavinia Fontana and identifies the sitters as Eleonora de' Medici, Duchess of Mantua (1567-1611) and her son Francesco IV (1586-1612). She dates the picture to c. 1591 given the age of the child. She notes that they were painted several times by Frans Pourbus II, Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Jacopo da Empoli as well as several anonymous painters.

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