£800 - £1,200
AFTER SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO, VENICE, 1485/6 - 1547, ROME, 18TH CENTURY OIL ON PANEL
Half length portait of a Renaissance lady - said to be (La Fornarina ), in a white dress with a fur cape wearing leaf tiara, gold necklace pearl earrings, gilt framed.
(sight 49.5cm x 59.5cm, frame 69.5cm x 79.5cm, traces of gold)
Condition: necklace rubbed
N.B. the original Renaissance portrait was for many years attributed to the Master Raphael Sanzio but has been attributed to the talented friend of Michelangelo, Sebastian del Piombo. One of the treasures of The Uffizi Gallery, the original was painted in 1512 and bears strong resemblance to the study of Cleopatra completed by Michelangelo
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