Lavinia Fontana
1552-1614
Portrait of Federico Barocci
3 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches (80 x 63 mm)
Red and black chalk. Ruled border in pen and brown ink, laid down, simulated frame in pen and brown ink.
IV, 158n
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 14. Cantaro has pointed out the resemblance between the present drawing and an engraving of Federico Barocci in Pietro Giovanni Bellori's Vite de' pittori, scultori e architetti moderni.
This drawing appears on folio 14. Cantaro has pointed out the resemblance between the present drawing and an engraving of Federico Barocci in Pietro Giovanni Bellori's Vite de' pittori, scultori e architetti moderni.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription in modern hand on album page, Portrait of Baroccio.
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.
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