Lavinia Fontana
1552-1614
Portrait of the Daughter of Pedro Gonzalez
3 11/16 x 3 inches (94 x 76 mm)
Red and black chalk. Ruled border in pen and brown ink, laid down, simulated frame in pen and brown ink.
IV, 158h
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
One of 19 drawings in an album of portrait studies by Fontana (IV, 158a-s), including the artist's self-portrait (IV, 158). Album description: dark blue goatskin, tooled in gold, 14 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches (334 x 284 mm).
This drawing appears on folio 8. The identification of the young woman in the present drawing to a daughter of Pedro Gonzalez, whose family was afflicted with abnormally extensive hair growth, called hirsutism, was made by Dr. Peter Dreyer.
This drawing appears on folio 8. The identification of the young woman in the present drawing to a daughter of Pedro Gonzalez, whose family was afflicted with abnormally extensive hair growth, called hirsutism, was made by Dr. Peter Dreyer.
Associated names
Palmerston, Henry Temple, Viscount, 1739-1802, former owner.
Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865, former owner.
Palmerston, Emily Lamb, Viscountess, 1787-1869, former owner.
Ashley, Evelyn, 1836-1907, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865, former owner.
Palmerston, Emily Lamb, Viscountess, 1787-1869, former owner.
Ashley, Evelyn, 1836-1907, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Bibliography
Cantaro, Maria Teresa, Lavinia Fontana, Bolognese: "Pittora Singolare" 1552-1614, Milan, 1989.
Kenseth, Joy, The Age of the Marvelous, ex. cat., Hood Museum of Art, 1991.
Lavinia Fontana 1552-1614, ex. cat., Museo Civico Archeologico, Bologna, 1994.
Lavinia Fontana of Bologna 1552-1614, ex. cat., National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C., 1998.
Murphy, Caroline, Lavinia Fontana: A Painter and Her Patrons in Sixteenth-Century Bologna, New Haven, 2003.
Kenseth, Joy, The Age of the Marvelous, ex. cat., Hood Museum of Art, 1991.
Lavinia Fontana 1552-1614, ex. cat., Museo Civico Archeologico, Bologna, 1994.
Lavinia Fontana of Bologna 1552-1614, ex. cat., National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C., 1998.
Murphy, Caroline, Lavinia Fontana: A Painter and Her Patrons in Sixteenth-Century Bologna, New Haven, 2003.
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