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Lot 31: Attributed to Gian Francesco Caroto (Verona c. 1480-c. 1555 ?)

Est: £150,000 GBP - £200,000 GBP
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 03, 2012

Item Overview

Description

Attributed to Gian Francesco Caroto (Verona c. 1480-c. 1555 ?)
Portrait of a lady as Mary Magdalene, half-length, in a red dress and pearl necklace
oil on panel
25 x 18½ in. (61 x 47 cm.)

Literature

A. Brejon de Lavergnée, 'Les tableaux italiens de la collection Heugel', Hommage à Michel Laclotte: Etudes sur la peinture du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance, Milan and Paris, 1994, pp. 467-79, fig. 544, 'l'attribution Caroto est plausible'.
A. Brejon de Lavergnée, 'La collection de tableaux d'Henri Heugel (1844-1916)', Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art français, 1994-95, p. 222, no. 21, fig. 5.

Provenance

(Possibly) Royal House of Savoy.
(Possibly) Salvatore Brancaccio, Prince of Ruffano and Triggiano (1842-1924), Rome.
with Charles Sedelmeyer (1837-1925), Paris, by 15 October 1907, when acquired as Raphael for 200,000 francs by
Henri Heugel (1844-1916), Paris, no. 21 in his inventory, as 'Raphael'. with Gallery Maison d'Art, Monaco, 2001.

Notes

Attributed to Gian Francesco Caroto (Verona c. 1480-c. 1555 ?)
Portrait of a lady as Mary Magdalene, half-length, in a red dress and pearl necklace
oil on panel
25 x 18½ in. (61 x 47 cm.)

Auction Details

Old Master & British Paintings Evening Sale

by
Christie's
July 03, 2012, 12:00 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK