Portrait of Pope Clement VII, seated three-quarter length
Details
Giuliano Bugiardini (1475-1554)
Portrait of Pope Clement VII, seated three-quarter length
oil on panel
35 7/8 x 29 1/8in. (91.2 x 74.2cm.)
Portrait of Pope Clement VII, seated three-quarter length
oil on panel
35 7/8 x 29 1/8in. (91.2 x 74.2cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) Cosimo I de' Medici.
The 12th Duke of Hamilton, Hamilton Palace; Christie's, 1 July 1882 (= 7th day), lot 754, as S. del Piombo (225 gns. to Lesser).
with L. Lesser, London.
with Sedelmeyer, Paris (The Sixth Hundred of Paintings by Old Masters belonging to the Sedelmeyer Gallery, 1900, p. 82, no. 67, as Sebastiano del Piombo).
Marczell von Nemes; (+) sale, Mensing, Cassirer and Helbing, Munich, 16 June 1931, lot 29.
with Kleinberger Galleries, New York; sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, 24 March 1938, lot 41.
with Central Picture Galleries, New York, by 1973.
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by whom purchased from the above in December 1975; (+) Sotheby's, New York, 1 June 1989, lot 16.
The 12th Duke of Hamilton, Hamilton Palace; Christie's, 1 July 1882 (= 7th day), lot 754, as S. del Piombo (225 gns. to Lesser).
with L. Lesser, London.
with Sedelmeyer, Paris (The Sixth Hundred of Paintings by Old Masters belonging to the Sedelmeyer Gallery, 1900, p. 82, no. 67, as Sebastiano del Piombo).
Marczell von Nemes; (+) sale, Mensing, Cassirer and Helbing, Munich, 16 June 1931, lot 29.
with Kleinberger Galleries, New York; sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, 24 March 1938, lot 41.
with Central Picture Galleries, New York, by 1973.
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by whom purchased from the above in December 1975; (+) Sotheby's, New York, 1 June 1989, lot 16.
Literature
(Possibly) G. Vasari, Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori scultori e architettori ..., Florence, 1568; ed. G. Milanesi, V, Florence, 1880, pp. 581-2, and VI, 1881, pp. 205-6.
G. F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London, 1854, III, p. 303, as Sebastian del Piombo, 'This picture shows not only his elevated and animated conception, but his warm Venetian colouring, which proves that this picture was painted not long after the elevation of Clement VII. to the papal chair; therefore about 1523. The right hand is particularly excellent'.
J. A. Crowe and G. B. Cavalcaselle, A History of Painting in North Italy, London, 1871, II, p. 350, note 1; ed. T. Borenius, London, 1912, III, p. 241, 'The figure is ... handled with patient care in the manner of a Florentine; ? by Bugiardini'.
P. d'Achiardi, Sebastiano del Piombo, Rome, 1908, p. 253, note 1
W. Rolfs, Clement VII und Peter Carnesecchi, Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft, 45, 1925, p. 125.
L. Dussler, Sebastiano del Piombo, Basle, 1942, p. 116, note 58 (incorrectly described as on canvas).
M. Hirst, Sebastiano del Piombo, Oxford, 1981, p. 111, note 90
K. Langedijk, The Portraits of the Medici, 15th-18th Centuries, II, Florence, 1983, p. 1364, no. 8.
L. Pagnotta, Giuliano Bugiardini, Turin, 1987, pp. 68 and 219-20, no. 65, and figs. 65 and 65a.
Pittura Italiana del '300 al '500, ed. M. Natale, Milan, 1991, p. 85, illustrated.
G. F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, London, 1854, III, p. 303, as Sebastian del Piombo, 'This picture shows not only his elevated and animated conception, but his warm Venetian colouring, which proves that this picture was painted not long after the elevation of Clement VII. to the papal chair; therefore about 1523. The right hand is particularly excellent'.
J. A. Crowe and G. B. Cavalcaselle, A History of Painting in North Italy, London, 1871, II, p. 350, note 1; ed. T. Borenius, London, 1912, III, p. 241, 'The figure is ... handled with patient care in the manner of a Florentine; ? by Bugiardini'.
P. d'Achiardi, Sebastiano del Piombo, Rome, 1908, p. 253, note 1
W. Rolfs, Clement VII und Peter Carnesecchi, Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft, 45, 1925, p. 125.
L. Dussler, Sebastiano del Piombo, Basle, 1942, p. 116, note 58 (incorrectly described as on canvas).
M. Hirst, Sebastiano del Piombo, Oxford, 1981, p. 111, note 90
K. Langedijk, The Portraits of the Medici, 15th-18th Centuries, II, Florence, 1983, p. 1364, no. 8.
L. Pagnotta, Giuliano Bugiardini, Turin, 1987, pp. 68 and 219-20, no. 65, and figs. 65 and 65a.
Pittura Italiana del '300 al '500, ed. M. Natale, Milan, 1991, p. 85, illustrated.
Exhibited
Norfolk, Virginia, The Chrysler Museum, on loan, July 1976.