Attributed to Paolo Veronese Possibly a portrait of Isabella...

Hammer

£45,000

Attributed to Paolo Veronese
Possibly a portrait of Isabella Andreini (1562 - 1604)
Oil on canvas

Provenance:
By descent to the 7th Earl of Warwick, Warwick Castle;
Christie’s, 21 June 1968, Lot 72, as Veronese (750 guineas);
Hackwood Park, Christie’s sale, 22 April 1998

Exhibition History:
'Fair Women', London, Grafton Gallery, 1894, No. 28, as Veronese

Literature:
W. Field, ‘An Historic and Descriptive Account of the Town and Castle of Warwick’, Warwick, 1815, page 194, as Titian (the painting hung in the State Bedroom, over the chimneypiece);
Henry T. Cooke, ‘An Historic and Descriptive Guide To Warwick Castle’, Warwick, 1847, page 46, as by Veronese (hung in the red drawing room, opposite the window to the left);
Gustav F. Waagen, ‘Treasures of Art in Great Britain’, London, 1854, page 215, No. 3, as by Titian (‘the conception and colouring rather indicate a fine work by Veronese’)

Dimensions:
(Canvas) 75 in. (H) x 45 in. (W)
(Frame) 85.25 in. (H) x 56 in. (W)