Portrait of Charles de Cossé (1506–1563), Comte de Brissac, bust-length, in a doublet with hanging sleeves

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STUDIO OF CORNEILLE DE LYON (THE HAGUE 1500⁄10-1575 LYON)
Portrait of Charles de Cossé (1506–1563), Comte de Brissac, bust-length, in a doublet with hanging sleeves
oil on panel
6 ¾ x 5 7⁄8 in. (17.3 x 15 cm.)
with inscription 'Guillaume du Bellay / Si. de Langey' (upper left)

Provenance

Edwin Stanton Bayer (1870-1929), New York, and by inheritance to his wife,
Laura Kayser Bayer (1874-1961), later Countess de Sala, New York; her sale, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 19 May 1933, lot 5.

Literature

A. Dubois de Groër, Corneille de la Haye, dit Corneille de Lyon, Paris, 1997, p. 161, no. 50D, as a 'replica'.

Exhibited

Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts, 2 November 1984-2 June 1989, on loan, as Corneille de Lyon.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

Several versions of this composition exist, including one in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no. 3268), which bears an inscription that identifies the sitter. Another version, attributed to Corneille de Lyon, without an inscription and depicting Charles de Cossé wearing the same hanging sleeves, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. 49.7.44).

We are grateful to Dr. Alexandra Zvereva for confirming, on the basis of photographs, that she believes this work to have been produced in Corneille de Lyon’s studio (private communication, 8 November 2023).

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