Lot Essay
Titian's portrait is now in the Museo Civico in Treviso, and during the 17th Century was in the Collection of the Counts of Padua. Another version is in the collection of the Dukes of Alba in Madrid.
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Portrait of Sperone Speroni, after Titian
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venice 1696-1770 Madrid)
Portrait of Sperone Speroni, after Titian
inscribed (?) and signed (?) 'Ritratto del famoso Letterato Sperone Speroni Padovano ricavato da un ori ginale di Tiziano da Gio: Batta Tiepolo' on a trompe l'oeil label
black chalk, in a feigned mount
8¾ x 6 7/8 in. (220 x 173 mm.)
Portrait of Sperone Speroni, after Titian
inscribed (?) and signed (?) 'Ritratto del famoso Letterato Sperone Speroni Padovano ricavato da un ori ginale di Tiziano da Gio: Batta Tiepolo' on a trompe l'oeil label
black chalk, in a feigned mount
8¾ x 6 7/8 in. (220 x 173 mm.)