Oct 20, 2022 10:00 EST
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings & Drawings / English & Continental Silver, V
1002
Estate / Collection: Property of an East Hampton Collector
After Santi di Tito
Portrait of an Infant of the Medici family as the Christ Child
Oil on canvas
22 3/4 x 28 1/2 inches (57.8 x 72.4 cm)
Provenance:
[Sale] Sotheby's New York, January 19, 1994, lot 50
Private collection, New York
There is another version of this work in the Palatine Gallery in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, which is thought to be the original.
Sold for $3,150
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Estate / Collection: Property of an East Hampton Collector
After Santi di Tito
Portrait of an Infant of the Medici family as the Christ Child
Oil on canvas
22 3/4 x 28 1/2 inches (57.8 x 72.4 cm)
Provenance:
[Sale] Sotheby's New York, January 19, 1994, lot 50
Private collection, New York
There is another version of this work in the Palatine Gallery in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, which is thought to be the original.
Glue relined. Several mended tears: One, approxmately 1 1/2 inches long, next to the infant's left eye, with some associated restoration nearby; another, 2 inches long, running vertically across the baby's ebroidered cover, with an assocxiated area of restoration; and a third, hook-shaped, about 2 inches long, above the center of the lower edge. A spot of restoration about 1 - 1 1/2 inches on the baby's pillow. Some lines reinforced. Some restoration to the background in the upper right quadrant, and near the lower right corner.
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Auction: Old Master & 19th Century Paintings & Drawings / English & Continental Silver, V, Oct 20, 2022
