Lot No. 219


Circle of Agnolo Bronzino


Circle of Agnolo Bronzino - Old Master Paintings II

(Monticelli 1503–1572 Florence)
Portrait of Grand Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici in armour (1519–1574),
oil on panel, 24.8 x 17.7 cm, framed

Provenance:
Vernon James Watney collection, Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire, 1860–1928 (according to a label on the reverse);
thence by his son, Oliver Vernon Watney, Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire (1902–1966);
his sale, Christie’s, London, 23 June 1967, lot 18 (according to literature);
bought by Betts;
with Robert Finck, Brussels, 1967;
Private European collection

Literature:
V. J. Watney, A Catalogue of Pictures and Miniatures at Cornbury and 11 Berkeley Square, Oxford 1915, no. 43 (as Bronzino);
K. Langedijk, The portraits of the Medici, Florence 1981, vol. I, p. 414, cat. no. 27-19-k, not illustrated (as a bust copy or replica after Bronzino);
R. B. Simon, Bronzino’s portrait of Cosimo I in armour, in: The Burlington Magazine, vol. 125, 1983, p. 536 no. 3, not illustrated (as a late derivation from Bronzino)

The present painting relates to the composition by Agnolo Bronzino in the Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no. 09 00021653).

Specialist: Mark MacDonnell Mark MacDonnell
+43 1 515 60 403

old.masters@dorotheum.com

11.11.2021 - 15:19

Realized price: **
EUR 25,600.-
Estimate:
EUR 20,000.- to EUR 30,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 18,000.-

Circle of Agnolo Bronzino


(Monticelli 1503–1572 Florence)
Portrait of Grand Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici in armour (1519–1574),
oil on panel, 24.8 x 17.7 cm, framed

Provenance:
Vernon James Watney collection, Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire, 1860–1928 (according to a label on the reverse);
thence by his son, Oliver Vernon Watney, Cornbury Park, Charlbury, Oxfordshire (1902–1966);
his sale, Christie’s, London, 23 June 1967, lot 18 (according to literature);
bought by Betts;
with Robert Finck, Brussels, 1967;
Private European collection

Literature:
V. J. Watney, A Catalogue of Pictures and Miniatures at Cornbury and 11 Berkeley Square, Oxford 1915, no. 43 (as Bronzino);
K. Langedijk, The portraits of the Medici, Florence 1981, vol. I, p. 414, cat. no. 27-19-k, not illustrated (as a bust copy or replica after Bronzino);
R. B. Simon, Bronzino’s portrait of Cosimo I in armour, in: The Burlington Magazine, vol. 125, 1983, p. 536 no. 3, not illustrated (as a late derivation from Bronzino)

The present painting relates to the composition by Agnolo Bronzino in the Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence (inv. no. 09 00021653).

Specialist: Mark MacDonnell Mark MacDonnell
+43 1 515 60 403

old.masters@dorotheum.com


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Auction: Old Master Paintings II
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 11.11.2021 - 15:19
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 29.10. - 11.11.2021


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