Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Property from the Collection of Geoffrey M. and Carol D. Chinn
Venetian School, first half of the 16th Century
Portrait of a Woman, with her head tilted to the left
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Geoffrey M. and Carol D. Chinn
Venetian School, first half of the 16th Century
Portrait of a Woman, with her head tilted to the left
Red chalk, with stumping;
bears old attribution in pencil, lower left: Giorg
bears shelf mark and old attribution on the backing of the old mount: G / N.o 7 / Giorgione da Castelfranco born 1477 died 1511 / was Scholar to Gio: Bellini, imitated Leo: da Vinci / he was a Venitian & painted history & Portraits
220 by 146 mm; 8 ¾ by 5 ¾ in.
Possibly Jonathan Richardson Senior (1665-1745), possibly his mount;
Earl Spencer (L.1530),
probably his sale, London, Th. Philipe, 10 June 1811 and 7 following days (the undesignated collection of George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834));
William Esdaile (1758-1837), London (L.2617);
Sale, London, Sotheby's, 4 July 1975, lot 182 (as Bernardino Licinio)
This refined red chalk drawing, with a distinguished early British provenance, depicts a woman with her head tilted to the left and bears a strong resemblance to the facial types found in the paintings of the Venetian artist Bernardino Licinio (1489-1565). Indeed, the old mount on to which the drawing is mounted is inscribed by the late Philip Pouncey with a short attributional comment - "more likely to be by Licinio / PP" and the drawing was offered as such when it last appeared at auction 50 years ago.