CARLO PORTELLI
CARLO PORTELLI
(1539 Florence 1574)Portrait of Francesco I de' Medici (1541–1587). Circa 1570.Oil on panel.115.2 × 87 cm.
Lot 6067* - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only
Provenance:
- Auction Bengel, Frankfurt, 28 March 1917, lot 11 (as Agnolo Bronzino).
- Auction Lepke, Berlin, 22 September 1966, lot 231 (as attributed to Agnolo Bronzino).
- European private collection.
With a written expert opinion by Mina Gregori (as Carlo Portelli).
Oil on panel, cradled, minimally bowed. Paint surface well preserved, with a fine network of craquelure. Minimal colour abrasion along the margins.
Under UV light a few smaller areas of retouching visible on the figure, in the background and along the margins. Varnish fluoresces unevenly greenish.
Overall in good condition.
Frame: 130.6 × 103 cm.
Condition reports are made by us after a thorough examination and to the best of our knowledge and belief. However, we are not professional restorers, so condition reports reflect only our personal assessment.
The objects are auctioned in the condition they are in at the time of the auction. We cannot guarantee the condition reports we prepare.
CARLO PORTELLI
(1539 Florence 1574)Portrait of Francesco I de' Medici (1541–1587). Circa 1570.Oil on panel.115.2 × 87 cm.
Lot 6067* - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only
Provenance:
- Auction Bengel, Frankfurt, 28 March 1917, lot 11 (as Agnolo Bronzino).
- Auction Lepke, Berlin, 22 September 1966, lot 231 (as attributed to Agnolo Bronzino).
- European private collection.
With a written expert opinion by Mina Gregori (as Carlo Portelli).
Oil on panel, cradled, minimally bowed. Paint surface well preserved, with a fine network of craquelure. Minimal colour abrasion along the margins.
Under UV light a few smaller areas of retouching visible on the figure, in the background and along the margins. Varnish fluoresces unevenly greenish.
Overall in good condition.
Frame: 130.6 × 103 cm.
Condition reports are made by us after a thorough examination and to the best of our knowledge and belief. However, we are not professional restorers, so condition reports reflect only our personal assessment.
The objects are auctioned in the condition they are in at the time of the auction. We cannot guarantee the condition reports we prepare.
