LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

24.41 in. (62.00 cm.) (height) by 24.41 in. (62.00 cm.) (width)

Literature:

Verzeichnifs der Hausmann'schen Gemählde-Sammlung in Hanover, Braunschweig 1831, p.83, cat. no. 167, (as Scarzellino di Ferrara).; J. Reimers, Katalog der zur Fideikommiss-Galerie des Gesamthauses Braunschweig und Lüneburg gehörigen Sammlung von Gemälden und Skulpturen im Provinzialmuseum Rudolf v. Bennigsenstr. 1 zu Hannover, Hanover 1905;; Sammlung Bertheau, cat. no. 379;; M. Gregori, "Fogli di taccuino: un dipinto di Giuseppe Porta detto il Salviati" in G.M. Pilo, L. de Rossi and I. Reale, Un'Identità: custodi dell'arte e della memoria, Edizione Laguna 2007, p. 217-218, reproduced p. 435.

Provenance:

B. Hausmann, Hanover, Hanover Princely Collections, inv. no. 167, by 1831 (as Scarzellino di Ferrara); King George V (1865- 1936) by 1857, his red seal stamped to the reverse of the panel; Fideikommiss Galerie des Gesamthauses Braunschweig Lüneburg collection; Their sale, Berlin, Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbing, 27 -28 April 1926, lot 143 (as Ippolito Scarsella, called Scarsellino, unsold); Schlöss Blankenburg, circa 1929, inv. no. 0566 (according to a wax seal on the reverse); By descent until sold Hanover, Schloss Marienburg, Sotheby's, 6 October 2005, lot 500, as Venetian School, circa 1600.