ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI | PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, PROBABLY ANTOINE DE VILLE, FULL-LENGTH, RESTING HIS HAND ON A SWORD AND WITH HIS ARM AKIMBO

Property of a Private California Collector
ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI
Rome 1593 - 1654 Naples
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, PROBABLY ANTOINE DE VILLE, FULL-LENGTH, RESTING HIS HAND ON A SWORD AND WITH HIS ARM AKIMBO

signed with monogram in the lace on the collar: A G
oil on canvas
80 by 43 in.; 203.2 by 109.2 cm.

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Condition Report:
The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's. This work is in unusually good condition and should be hung in its current state. The canvas has an old lining which is still nicely stabilizing the paint layer. There is an original join in the canvas running vertically on the right side through the index finger of the left hand. In the lower right corner, there is an original section of canvas, joined horizontally through his left foot connecting to the aforementioned vertical join. The surface is attractive, although there is a very slight pattern of raised cracking in some areas. The paint layer is in beautiful condition. It is clean and varnished, with very few retouches at all. There are a few retouches around the edges, and to the original joins. The only real concentration of retouches is in the floor beneath and to the left of the figure's right foot.

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Provenance:
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 26 January 2007, lot 378 (as Genoese School, 17th Century);

There acquired by Old and Modern Masters, Ltd., London;

Koelliker Collection, Milan;

With Robilant + Voena / Sperone Westwater, 2010 - 2011;

Where acquired, 2011.