Lot Essay
The inscription identifies the sitter as a procuratore del mare, one of the leading offices of the Venetian republic
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Attributed to Jacopo Robusti, il Tintoretto (1519-1594)
Details
Attributed to Jacopo Robusti, il Tintoretto (1519-1594)
Portrait of Tommaso Contarini, three-quarter length, in armour and holding a baton
inscribed 'TOHMAE/CONTARENO/D.M. PROC./AMPLISSMIS OM./NIBUS.
SUMMISQUE./REIP.MUNERIBUS/TERRA MARIQUE/EGREGIE. PERFUNCTO/EFIGIEM.'
66½ x 40½in. (169 x 103cm.)
Portrait of Tommaso Contarini, three-quarter length, in armour and holding a baton
inscribed 'TOHMAE/CONTARENO/D.M. PROC./AMPLISSMIS OM./NIBUS.
SUMMISQUE./REIP.MUNERIBUS/TERRA MARIQUE/EGREGIE. PERFUNCTO/EFIGIEM.'
66½ x 40½in. (169 x 103cm.)
Provenance
Principe Giovannelli, Venice, until c. 1930
with Italico Brass, Venice
William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City,
Missouri, by 1932, inv. no. 32-182; Christie's, New York, 15 Jan. 1985, lot 130, as School of Tintoretto
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, 8 April 1987, lot 4
with Italico Brass, Venice
William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City,
Missouri, by 1932, inv. no. 32-182; Christie's, New York, 15 Jan. 1985, lot 130, as School of Tintoretto
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, 8 April 1987, lot 4
Literature
Handbook of the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 1933, illustrated p. 19
A. L. Mayer, Sur deux portraits vénétiens d'amiraux, in Gazette des Beaux Arts, II, 1934, p. 223, as a preparatory study for the Narbonne version
B. Berenson, Pitture Italiane del Rinascimento, 1936, p. 481
E. von der Berken, Die Gemälde des Jacopo Tintoretto, 1942, p. 118, pl. 339, as a replica by Jacopo's studio or school
P. Wescher, I ritratti del Doge Girolamo Priuli del Tintoretto, in Arte Veneta, XI, 1957, pp. 206-7
P. De Vecchi, L'opera completa del Tintoretto, 1970, p. 134, no. F 7, as traditionally attributed to Tintoretto and his studio
B. Fredericksen and F. Zeri, Census of Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, 1972, p. 200, as by Jacopo Tintoretto
P. Rossi, Jacopo Tintoretto, I Ritratti, 1973, p. 143, fig. 221, as School of Jacopo Tintoretto
A. L. Mayer, Sur deux portraits vénétiens d'amiraux, in Gazette des Beaux Arts, II, 1934, p. 223, as a preparatory study for the Narbonne version
B. Berenson, Pitture Italiane del Rinascimento, 1936, p. 481
E. von der Berken, Die Gemälde des Jacopo Tintoretto, 1942, p. 118, pl. 339, as a replica by Jacopo's studio or school
P. Wescher, I ritratti del Doge Girolamo Priuli del Tintoretto, in Arte Veneta, XI, 1957, pp. 206-7
P. De Vecchi, L'opera completa del Tintoretto, 1970, p. 134, no. F 7, as traditionally attributed to Tintoretto and his studio
B. Fredericksen and F. Zeri, Census of Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, 1972, p. 200, as by Jacopo Tintoretto
P. Rossi, Jacopo Tintoretto, I Ritratti, 1973, p. 143, fig. 221, as School of Jacopo Tintoretto
Exhibited
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Official Art Exhibition of the Great Lakes Exposition, 26 June - 4 Oct. 1936, no. 170, illustrated
Columbus, Ohio, Fine Arts Gallery, Feb. 1938, no. 7
New York, Durlacher Brothers, Paintings of Tintoretto Owned in America, 20 Feb. - 18 March 1939, no. 11
Columbus, Ohio, Fine Arts Gallery, Feb. 1938, no. 7
New York, Durlacher Brothers, Paintings of Tintoretto Owned in America, 20 Feb. - 18 March 1939, no. 11