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Portrait of the artist, bust-length, in black, a collar and a wide-brimmed hat
Details
Guido Reni (Bologna 1575-1642)
Portrait of the artist, bust-length, in black, a collar and a wide-brimmed hat
oil on copper, oval
4 ¾ x 3 3/8 in. (11 x 8.8 cm.)
with a late-18th century inscription 'le Portrait du Guyde peintre fameux fait de Sa propre main en l'an 1636 duquel il a fait present a Mr. Symon francois son Elève' (on the backing board)
Portrait of the artist, bust-length, in black, a collar and a wide-brimmed hat
oil on copper, oval
4 ¾ x 3 3/8 in. (11 x 8.8 cm.)
with a late-18th century inscription 'le Portrait du Guyde peintre fameux fait de Sa propre main en l'an 1636 duquel il a fait present a Mr. Symon francois son Elève' (on the backing board)
Provenance
'Mr. Symon', to whom presented by the artist (according to the inscription on the backing board).
(Probably) Grand Ducal collection, Florence, where an oval portrait of Reni, measuring some 9 by 7 cm., is recorded as inv. no. 3978 (see Borea loc. cit).
(Possibly) Cosimo III de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1642-1723) to
Sir Anthony Fountaine (1676-1753). Recorded in the posthumous inventory of the latter's collection at Narfolrd, prepared in 1753 by his nephew by marriage William Prince: 'A small Guido's Head by Himself'; and by descent through Brigg Price (d. 1825), grand-nephew of Sir Anthony, who assumed to surname of Fountaine, to the following,
Commander Andrew Fountaine; Christie's, London 10 July 1992, lot 61 (£19,800).
(Probably) Grand Ducal collection, Florence, where an oval portrait of Reni, measuring some 9 by 7 cm., is recorded as inv. no. 3978 (see Borea loc. cit).
(Possibly) Cosimo III de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1642-1723) to
Sir Anthony Fountaine (1676-1753). Recorded in the posthumous inventory of the latter's collection at Narfolrd, prepared in 1753 by his nephew by marriage William Prince: 'A small Guido's Head by Himself'; and by descent through Brigg Price (d. 1825), grand-nephew of Sir Anthony, who assumed to surname of Fountaine, to the following,
Commander Andrew Fountaine; Christie's, London 10 July 1992, lot 61 (£19,800).