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Portrait of a Venetian dignitary, half-length, in robes of office, holding a letter of appointment
Details
Follower of Lorenzo Lotto
Portrait of a Venetian dignitary, half-length, in robes of office, holding a letter of appointment
inscribed on a fragment of a shield with the letters 'L v.' (presumably cut); and inscribed on the document 'Sapienti Viro potestati a boatia'
oil on canvas
31¾ x 26¼ in. (80.6 x 66.7 cm.)
Portrait of a Venetian dignitary, half-length, in robes of office, holding a letter of appointment
inscribed on a fragment of a shield with the letters 'L v.' (presumably cut); and inscribed on the document 'Sapienti Viro potestati a boatia'
oil on canvas
31¾ x 26¼ in. (80.6 x 66.7 cm.)
Provenance
Quintin Hogg.
The Rt. Hon. A. Mundella (to whom given by the above, according to a label on the frame which was sold with the picture in 1989).
Miss Mundella, London.
Lady Charnwood, Ashford, Kent, 1956.
The 2nd Lord Charnwood; Christie's, London, 7 July 1989, lot 88 (£150,000).
The Rt. Hon. A. Mundella (to whom given by the above, according to a label on the frame which was sold with the picture in 1989).
Miss Mundella, London.
Lady Charnwood, Ashford, Kent, 1956.
The 2nd Lord Charnwood; Christie's, London, 7 July 1989, lot 88 (£150,000).
Literature
B. Berenson, Lorenzo Lotto, London, 1956, p.44, pl. 109, as Lotto (described as on panel and as in the collection of Lady 'Marchwood', in error for 'Charnwood').
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Venetian School, London, 1957,I,p. 100, as an early work by Lotto.
B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Venetian School, London, 1957,I,p. 100, as an early work by Lotto.