THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE
Francesco Maria Rondani (1490-1550)
Details
Francesco Maria Rondani (1490-1550)
Portrait of a Gentleman, half length, in a fur-trimmed white jacket and a plumed hat and holding a palm frond, a landscape seen through a casement beyond
inscribed 'HEC EST VIVA TVI DVLCIS VICTORIA AMÁTIS HIRVNDI DOCTA PICTA FIGVRA MANV QVÁ PRECOR VT SERVES NE QUID CORRVPERE POSSIT EXEGIT HOC ETIÁ NÓ SIMVLATVS AMOR'
on panel
23 1/8 x 18in. (58.8 x 45.7cm.)
Portrait of a Gentleman, half length, in a fur-trimmed white jacket and a plumed hat and holding a palm frond, a landscape seen through a casement beyond
inscribed 'HEC EST VIVA TVI DVLCIS VICTORIA AMÁTIS HIRVNDI DOCTA PICTA FIGVRA MANV QVÁ PRECOR VT SERVES NE QUID CORRVPERE POSSIT EXEGIT HOC ETIÁ NÓ SIMVLATVS AMOR'
on panel
23 1/8 x 18in. (58.8 x 45.7cm.)
Provenance
Jeremiah Harman, Higham House; (+) Christie's, 18 May 1844 (= 2nd day), lot 81, 'Rondani - Portrait of a Gentleman, with a white dress and fur collar, and white cap and feather on his head, holding a palm branch in his hand. A complimentary verse is inscribed on a wall, near which, through an open window, a landscape is seen' (200 gns. to Farrer)
Henry, 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne (1780-1863), and by descent through Henry, 6th Marquis of Lansdowne to the present owner
Henry, 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne (1780-1863), and by descent through Henry, 6th Marquis of Lansdowne to the present owner
Literature
F. Russell, Rondani's Masterpiece and a Neglected Correggio, Apollo, CIII, New Series no. 167, Jan. 1976, pp. 14-15 and fig. 3