Attributed to LAVINIA FONTANA (1552-1614)

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Attributed to LAVINIA FONTANA (1552-1614)

Portrait of a Noblewoman said to be Bianca Cappello, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1548-1587), standing three-quarter length, wearing a black costume, her hand resting on a chair

oil on canvas
53¼ x 40½in. (135.3 x 102.8cm.)

Exhibited

Northampton, MA, Smith College Museum of Art, Baroque Painters in Italy, Nov. 17, 1989-Feb. 8, 1990, loaned by Dr. Croce (no catalogue)

Lot Essay

An old inscription on the stretcher reads 'Mistress & at length wife of Francis 1st Great Duke of Tuscany by Vasari'

For other depictions of Bianca Cappello see K. Langedijk, The Portraits of the Medici, 1981, I, pp. 313-327