Description
King Francis I’s deep interest in Italian Renaissance culture manifested itself not only through acquiring important works of art but also by bringing leading architects, scholars, and artists to Paris. Chief among these figures was the Florentine painter Andrea del Sarto. The sitter’s distinctively French hood and black veil suggest that someone talented closely connected to the artist painted this work during his brief time in France.
Provenance
A. W. Young (sold, Christie's, London, February 26, 1910, lot 92, to Carfax Gallery); Carfax Gallery (London, England); Joseph Duveen, Lord Baron Duveen, 1869-1939 (New York, New York; London, England), by 1919, according to a letter of January 21, 1919, from Bernard Berenson to Duveen); James P. Labey and Glenn Hall (New York, New York), 1920; Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, Cleveland, 1920, upon her death, held in trust by the estate; Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Estate, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944.
Accession Number
1944.92
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
Framed: 108 x 86.5 x 8 cm (42 1/2 x 34 1/16 x 3 1/8 in.); Unframed: 82.5 x 62.2 cm (32 1/2 x 24 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection