Portrait of a lady in a green gown and sable fur tippet, half-length

Details

BARTOLOMEO PASSAROTTI (BOLOGNA 1529-1592)
Portrait of a lady in a green gown and sable fur tippet, half-length
oil on copper
23 7/8 x 19 in. (60.4 x 48.2 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 December 1989, lot 58, as Follower of Alessandro Allori.
with Piero Corsini Gallery, New York, from whom acquired by the present owner.

Literature

A. Ghirardi, Bartolomeo Passarotti, Rimini, 1990, p. 157, no. 8, plate IV, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

Angela Ghirardi dates this painting to the 1560s (loc. cit.). The composition ultimately derives from the works of the Parmese artists Parmigianino and Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, confirming its continued success among wealthy Bolognese ladies in the third quarter of the 16th century. An exceedingly close composition, perhaps of the same sitter and also on copper, given to Passarotti appeared at Finarte, Rome, 30 March 1982, lot 218.

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