NORTH ITALIAN SCHOOL, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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NORTH ITALIAN SCHOOL, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, wearing a lace ruff

Details

NORTH ITALIAN SCHOOL, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, wearing a lace ruff
oil on canvas, unframed
42 ¾ x 35 ¾ in. (108.7 x 91 cm.)

Provenance

Archer Milton Huntington (1870-1955), New York, by whom presented to the Hispanic Society of America on 4 June 1925.

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Lot Essay

This enigmatic portrait depicts a young lady elaborately dressed. She wears a tabbed doublet, the forepart of the skirt made of cloth of silver adorned with applied braids of gold strips, and an overgown featuring guitar sleeves. Varied attributions have been suggested for this portrait, among them Sofonisba Anguissola (1532-1625), Carlo Ceresa (1609-1670) and Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614).

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