Portrait of a lady, half-length, in profile

Details

Venetian School, late 16th Century
Portrait of a lady, half-length, in profile
oil on canvas
15½ x 12¼ in. (39.4 x 31.1 cm.)

Provenance

with Schoenemann Galleries, New York, where purchased by the grandfather of the present owners, 1940, as 'Titian'.

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Lot Essay

The sitter of this portrait has traditionally been identified as Giulia Varano (d. 1547), Duchess of Urbino and wife of Guidobaldo II, based on comparisons with her portrait by Titian in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence. The present painting was attributed to Titian by Georg Gronau, Oskar Fischel and William Suida, independently (written correspondance with the previous owners, 1938- 1939).

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