Lot Essay
We are grateful to Professor Roger Rearick who believes, on the basis of a transparency, that this picture is an early work by Domenico Tintoretto, datable to the 1580s.
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Portrait of a young sculptor(?), half-length, in a dark coat and jacket, holding a figurine
Details
Domenico Robusti, il Tintoretto (Venice 1560-1635)
Portrait of a young sculptor(?), half-length, in a dark coat and jacket, holding a figurine
oil on canvas, laid down on board
33 x 25 in. (83.8 x 63.5 cm.)
Portrait of a young sculptor(?), half-length, in a dark coat and jacket, holding a figurine
oil on canvas, laid down on board
33 x 25 in. (83.8 x 63.5 cm.)
Provenance
Von Halder family, by circa 1820, and by descent to
Freifrau Katharina Barbara von Halder (1771-1852), wife of Freiherr David von Stetten (1764-1817), and by descent to
Franziska von Stetten, wife of Freiherr Karl von Welser, by 1918, and by descent to the present owner.
Freifrau Katharina Barbara von Halder (1771-1852), wife of Freiherr David von Stetten (1764-1817), and by descent to
Franziska von Stetten, wife of Freiherr Karl von Welser, by 1918, and by descent to the present owner.
Sale room notice
We are grateful to Professor Paola Rossi for confirming the attribution on the basis of a transparency.