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Portrait of a gentleman, possibly Don Antonio de' Medici (1576-1621), half-length, in a landscape
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ALESSANDRO ALLORI (FLORENCE 1535-1607)
Portrait of a gentleman, possibly Don Antonio de' Medici (1576-1621), half-length, in a landscape
oil on panel
42 x 33 ¼ in. (106.7 x 84.4 cm.), with later additions of circa ½ in. (1.2 cm.) to the vertical edges
Portrait of a gentleman, possibly Don Antonio de' Medici (1576-1621), half-length, in a landscape
oil on panel
42 x 33 ¼ in. (106.7 x 84.4 cm.), with later additions of circa ½ in. (1.2 cm.) to the vertical edges
Provenance
Maria Luisa de Rochechouart-Mortemart, née Borghese (1812-1838), and by descent to her son,
François de Rochechouart-Mortemart, Duc de Mortemart (1832-1893), and by descent to his daughter,
Jeanne de la Rochefoucauld, née De Rochechouart-Mortemart (1864-1924), who married Alexandre de la Rochefoucauld, Duc d’Estissac (1854-1930) in 1883.
(Possibly) with Bellesi, Florence.
with Charles Michel (1871-1948), Paris, 1942, as 'Bronzino', where acquired in February 1943 for FF 4,000,000 with a ‘pendant’ portrait (Paris, Louvre, inv. MNR 800), through E. Garin, Paris, by,
Karl Haberstock, Berlin and intended for Hitler’s Führermuseum, Linz (inv. no. 27414), as 'Imitator of Bronzino', deposited in the salt mines in Altaussee in Austria (Inv. no. 3910) for safekeeping.
Munich Central Collecting Point, 10 October 1945 (inv. no. 8663; as 'Imitator of Agnolo Bronzino').
Repatriated to the French authorities, 3 June 1948, and later sold by the Commissaire aux ventes, Colombier André, on 27 April 1950.
Hahn Collection, London, by 1950.
Private collection, London (?), by 1953.
Morris I. Kaplan, Chicago; his deceased sale, Sotheby’s, London, 12 June 1968, lot 1, as Attributed to Alessandro Allori, where acquired by,
Dr. Charles R. Winter (1923-2013) and Anita B. Winter (1938-2020), and by whose estate sold,
[Property from the Estate of Dr. Charles and Anita Winter]; Sotheby's, New York, 25 May 2022, lot 3, as Manner of Alessandro Allori, where withdrawn and acquired before the sale by the present owner.
François de Rochechouart-Mortemart, Duc de Mortemart (1832-1893), and by descent to his daughter,
Jeanne de la Rochefoucauld, née De Rochechouart-Mortemart (1864-1924), who married Alexandre de la Rochefoucauld, Duc d’Estissac (1854-1930) in 1883.
(Possibly) with Bellesi, Florence.
with Charles Michel (1871-1948), Paris, 1942, as 'Bronzino', where acquired in February 1943 for FF 4,000,000 with a ‘pendant’ portrait (Paris, Louvre, inv. MNR 800), through E. Garin, Paris, by,
Karl Haberstock, Berlin and intended for Hitler’s Führermuseum, Linz (inv. no. 27414), as 'Imitator of Bronzino', deposited in the salt mines in Altaussee in Austria (Inv. no. 3910) for safekeeping.
Munich Central Collecting Point, 10 October 1945 (inv. no. 8663; as 'Imitator of Agnolo Bronzino').
Repatriated to the French authorities, 3 June 1948, and later sold by the Commissaire aux ventes, Colombier André, on 27 April 1950.
Hahn Collection, London, by 1950.
Private collection, London (?), by 1953.
Morris I. Kaplan, Chicago; his deceased sale, Sotheby’s, London, 12 June 1968, lot 1, as Attributed to Alessandro Allori, where acquired by,
Dr. Charles R. Winter (1923-2013) and Anita B. Winter (1938-2020), and by whose estate sold,
[Property from the Estate of Dr. Charles and Anita Winter]; Sotheby's, New York, 25 May 2022, lot 3, as Manner of Alessandro Allori, where withdrawn and acquired before the sale by the present owner.
Literature
F. Cappi Bentivegna, Abbigliamento e costume nella pittura italiana: Rinascimento, Rome, 1962, I, p. 345, pl. 483, as 'Alessandro Allori (?)'.
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