Object number1987.16
Portrait of Niccolo Capponi
Date1579
attributed to
Stradanus
(Flemish, 1523 - 1605)
CultureFlemish
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsFramed: 53 1/2 x 41 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. (135.89 x 105.09 x 8.26 cm)
Unframed: 45 1/2 x 35 1/2 in. (115.57 x 90.17 cm)
Unframed: 45 1/2 x 35 1/2 in. (115.57 x 90.17 cm)
Credit LineGift of June Pilliod Torrey, class of 1939
On View
Not on viewPeriod16th c
Classification(s)
SignedInscribed (with subsequent reinforcement): (sitter's name, age and date) 1579
InscribedInscribed (with subsequent reinforcement): (sitter's name, age and date) 1579; (verso, red wax): (collector's seal)
Markings1. (Verso, red wax): (collector's seal);
2. (Paper label, typed in black): JAMES BOURLET & SONS Ltd.,/Fine Art Packers, Frame Makers/D 8073/17 & 18, NASSAU STREET, MORTIMER STREET. W./Phones. - MUSEUM 1871 & 7588;
3. (Paper label, typed in black): ALLESANDRO ALLORI/PORTRAIT OF NICCOLO CAPPONI, Son of Luigi Capponi (whose first/wife was the celebrated Luisa Strozzi)/In black dress with white frills at the neck and wrists,/holding a book in his right hand; a clock on a table by/his side/With inscription, and date 1579/On panel -- 45 1/2 by 33 1/2 in./Formerly in the Collection of Pecori of Florence who succeeded to the inheritance of the Antmori branch of the Capponi family.
Bibliography
Philippe Costamagna, “Deux portraits de Luigi Capponi et de son fils Niccolò peints par Giovanni Stradano,” Paragone 479-481, 1990, p. 101-104, repr. pl. 76;
Sotheby Bernet, NY, Thursday June 17, sale no. 4894 M, “Important Old Master Paintings.”
ProvenanceCapponi, Florence; by descent to Antmori branch of Capponi family, Florence; by descent to Pecori, Florence. Sale (?), Sotheby Parke Bernet, NY, Thursday, June 17, 1982, Sale no. 4894 M, Important Old Master Paintings; Loaned 1982 to VC Art Gallery by June Pilliod Torrey ‘39; given 1986 to VC Art Gallery by Torrey.Terms
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Justus van Egmont
c. 1643
Culture: Flemish, French
