Lot 3039* - A196 Old Master Paintings - Friday, 26. March 2021, 02.00 PM
CESARE DANDINI
(1596 Florence 1657)
Allegory of vanity.
Oil on canvas.
82.3 × 63 cm.
Provenance:
- Collection G. Salvadori, Florence.
- Auction Ehrlich Galleries, New York, 24.3.1905, lot 54 (as portrait of Vittoria della Rovere).
- European private collection.
Literature:
Karla Langedijk: The Portraits of the Medici, 15th-18th Centuries, Florence 1983, vol. II, p. 1509., cat.-no. 70.
Our thanks to Dr. Sandro Bellesi for confirming the authenticity of this painting on the basis of a photograph. He points out that it is a variation of a famous composition by Dandini, which represents the allegory of vanity.
CHF 10 000 / 15 000 | (€ 10 310 / 15 460)
Sold for CHF 12 500 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.