After Sir Anthony van Dyck

Portrait of Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio (1577-1644), three-quarter-length, holding a letter

Details

After Sir Anthony van Dyck
Portrait of Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio (1577-1644), three-quarter-length, holding a letter
oil on canvas, unlined
56 x 42 5/8 in. (142.2 x 108.3 cm.)

Provenance

Acquired by Robert More (d. 1818), Linley Hall, on 17 April 1780 for £4 12s, and by descent at Linley to the present owner.

Literature

F. Leach (ed.), The County Seats of Shropshire, Shrewsbury, 1891, p. 82.

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Lot Essay

After the picture in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence (Galleria Palatina).

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