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Pier Francesco di Jacopo Foschi Florence 1502 - 1567
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- Pier Francesco di Jacopo Foschi
- Portrait of a Man
- oil on canvas, transferred from panel
Provenance
Lord Methuen, Corsham Court, Wiltshire, by 1877;
Sold, London, Christie's, February 12, 1965, lot 98 (as by Pontormo) to the present owner.
Sold, London, Christie's, February 12, 1965, lot 98 (as by Pontormo) to the present owner.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition, 1877, cat. no. 119 (as by Pontormo, A Portrait of Himself)
Literature
G. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, vol. IV, London 1857, p. 398, under no. 44, as "Pontormo.-- 2. His own portrait. Of spirited conception, and admirably executed in clear and harmonious colouring.";
F. M. Clapp, Jacopo Caruci da Pontormo: His Life and Work, New Haven/London, 1916, p. 249.
Catalogue Note
While this portrait was in the Methuen collection, it had been considered a selfportrait by Pontormo. This is not surprising, as Foschi had also been trained in the studio of Andrea del Sarto, and the two artists had worked together on large projects in the 1530s. The painting, however, is less mannered than Portormo's style, and in Foschi's more direct approach.