LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

17.05 in. (43.30 cm.) (height) by 13.27 in. (33.70 cm.) (width)

Markings:

with the seal of Boncompagni Ludovisi and the remains of the seal of Boncompagni Ruffo (on the reverse)

Literature:

ASV, Archivio Boncompagni Ludovisi, Inventory of Gregorio Boncompagni 17th March 1707 (prot. 659, no. 5) 42 / n. 2 "Quadri da mezza testa per alto con cornici dorate, rappresentanti due teste con busti di Donne al naturale dipinti in tavola." G. De Marchi, Mostre di quadri a S. Salvatore in Lauro (1682-1725): stime di collezioni romane: note e appunti di Giuseppe Ghezzi, Rome 1987, p. 150, as "Due Testine, in tavola, del Barocci".

Provenance:

Ugo Boncompagni, 4th Duke of Sora (1614–1676), Rome, and by descent to Gregorio II Boncompagni, 5th Duke of Sora and Arce (1642-1707), Rome, and by inheritance to Antonio I Boncompagni, 6th Duke of Sora and Arce, (1658-1721), Rome, called Boncompagni Ludovisi after 1702, and by descent to Private collection; Dorotheum, Vienna, 21 October 2014, lot 62, where acquired by the present owner