J.R. Mieras (active early 20th Century) after Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis

Profile portrait of a lady, standing bust length, wearing a red dress with gold embroidered bejewelled dark coat and pearl headdress

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J.R. Mieras (active early 20th Century) after Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis
Profile portrait of a lady, standing bust length, wearing a red dress with gold embroidered bejewelled dark coat and pearl headdress
oil on panel
42.2 x 28.8 cm
in a Renaissance style tabernacle frame

Provenance

The estate of the artist; thence by descent to the present owner.

Lot Essay

The prototype, formerly attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, is in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan (A. Falchetti et. al., La Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, 1969, p.170, ill.).
The sitter has been traditionally identified as Beatrice d'Este.

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