Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael

PROFILE PORTRAIT OF VALERIO BELLI, BUST LENGTH, FACING LEFT

URBINO 1483 - 1520 ROME

Inscribed on the reverse Fatto dell'ano 1517 in Rom(a?) / Rafael Urbinate, in the upper section, RAFAEL VRBINATES PINXIT ROM(A?) (...) on the inside rim of the lid and Nacqu(?) ao di 147(6?) (...) 46. in the lower section
Oil on panel, a roundel
overall diameter: 4 15/16 in.; 12.5 cm
painted surface diameter: 4 in.; 10.1 cm

Provenance:
The sitter, Valerio Belli the Elder (circa 1468-1546), Rome and Vicenza, presumably commissioned directly from the artist in 1517, remaining in his collection until his death in 1546
Elio Belli, Vicenza (died 1576, by descent from the above, his father)
Valerio Belli the Younger, Vicenza, (died circa 1598, by descent from the above, his father)
Lucilla Belli, Vicenza (by descent from the above, her brother)
Girolamo Gualdo, Ca' Gualdo, Pusterla, Vicenza, before 1643 and after 1650
Giorgio Bergonzi (died 1709), Venice (acquired from the above before 1704)
Confraternity of the Poveri Vergognosi di Sant'Antonin, Venice (to whom bequeathed by the above)
Bernardo Trevisan, Venice (brother-in-law of Giorgio Bergonzi, acquired from the above before dispersed by public lottery)
Sir Kenneth Clark, O.M., C.H., K.C.B. (1903-1983), Saltwood Castle, Kent (acquired before 1930)
Sale: Sotheby's, London, July 7, 1987, lot 32 (sold by the Estate of the above)
Acquired at the above sale by A. Alfred Taubman