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PROPERTY OF THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, SOLD TO BENEFIT FUTURE ACQUISTIONS
Attributed to Francesco Salviati (Florence 1510-1563 Rome)
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length
Details
Attributed to Francesco Salviati (Florence 1510-1563 Rome)
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length
oil on canvas
18 ¾ x 15 in. (47.7 x 38.1 cm.)
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length
oil on canvas
18 ¾ x 15 in. (47.7 x 38.1 cm.)
Provenance
Sir Frederick [Lucas] Cook, 2nd Bt. (1844-1920), in the Octagon Room, no. 58, Doughty House, Richmond, and by descent through
Sir Herbert [Frederick] Cook, 3rd Bt. (1868-1939), Doughty House, Richmond, to
Sir Francis [Ferdinand Maurice] Cook, 4th Bt. (1907-1978).
with Newhouse Galleries, New York, by 1959, where acquired by
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA.
Sir Herbert [Frederick] Cook, 3rd Bt. (1868-1939), Doughty House, Richmond, to
Sir Francis [Ferdinand Maurice] Cook, 4th Bt. (1907-1978).
with Newhouse Galleries, New York, by 1959, where acquired by
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA.
Literature
T. Borenius and H. Cook, A Catalogue of the Paintings at Doughty House, Richmond, 1913, I, p. 48, no. 43, as Salviati.
G. Frizzoni, 'Rivelazioni della Galleria Cook a Richmond', Rassegna d'Arte, I, 1914, p. 124, as Salviati.
T. Borenius and H. Cook, Abridged Catalogue of the Paintings at Doughty House, London, 1932, p. 45, no. 43, as Salviati.
J. Alazard, 1924, p. 197, as being analogous in spirit to works by Salviati, but not certainly by him.
I.H. Cheney, Francesco Salviati (1510-1563), unpublished dissertation, New York University, 1963, p. 431, fig. 376, as Salviati, c. 1555-1556.
European Art in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: A Catalogue, Richmond, VA., 1966, pp. 16-17, no. 15, as Salviati.
A. Venturi, Storia dell'arte italiana, New York, 1967, IX, part VI, p. 213, as Salviati.
L. Mortari, Francesco Salviati, Rome, 1992, p. 164, no. 206, illustrated, quoting Alazard as being analogous in spirit to works by Salviati, but not certainly by him.
E. Danziger and J. Somerville, 'Concordance of Cook Collection paintings', no. 43, online supplement to E. Danziger, 'The Cook collection, its founder and its inheritors', The Burlington Magazine, CXLVI, July 2004, pp. 444-58.
G. Frizzoni, 'Rivelazioni della Galleria Cook a Richmond', Rassegna d'Arte, I, 1914, p. 124, as Salviati.
T. Borenius and H. Cook, Abridged Catalogue of the Paintings at Doughty House, London, 1932, p. 45, no. 43, as Salviati.
J. Alazard, 1924, p. 197, as being analogous in spirit to works by Salviati, but not certainly by him.
I.H. Cheney, Francesco Salviati (1510-1563), unpublished dissertation, New York University, 1963, p. 431, fig. 376, as Salviati, c. 1555-1556.
European Art in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: A Catalogue, Richmond, VA., 1966, pp. 16-17, no. 15, as Salviati.
A. Venturi, Storia dell'arte italiana, New York, 1967, IX, part VI, p. 213, as Salviati.
L. Mortari, Francesco Salviati, Rome, 1992, p. 164, no. 206, illustrated, quoting Alazard as being analogous in spirit to works by Salviati, but not certainly by him.
E. Danziger and J. Somerville, 'Concordance of Cook Collection paintings', no. 43, online supplement to E. Danziger, 'The Cook collection, its founder and its inheritors', The Burlington Magazine, CXLVI, July 2004, pp. 444-58.
Exhibited
Martinsville, VA, Piedmont Art Association and Roanoke, VA, Roanoke Fine Arts Museum, Late Italian Paintings, 13 April-26 June 1983.
Newport News, VA, Peninsula Fine Arts Center and Lexington, VA, Washington and Lee University, Portraits: the inner and outer self: a special loan exhibition from the Virginia Museum, Richmond, 1 May-29 June 1984.
Newport News, VA, Peninsula Fine Arts Center and Lexington, VA, Washington and Lee University, Portraits: the inner and outer self: a special loan exhibition from the Virginia Museum, Richmond, 1 May-29 June 1984.
Sale room notice
We are grateful to John Somerville, Keeper of the Cook Collection Archive, for providing the following additional exhibition history for this lot:
Brighton, Dudley, Mansfield and elsewhere, circulating exhibition organized by the Art Exhibitions Bureau, Old Masters from the Cook Collection, January 1947-January 1948, no. 27, as Salviati.
Brighton, Dudley, Mansfield and elsewhere, circulating exhibition organized by the Art Exhibitions Bureau, Old Masters from the Cook Collection, January 1947-January 1948, no. 27, as Salviati.