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BARTOLOMEO PASSAROTTI (BOLOGNA 1529-1592)
Lot 45 PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION

BARTOLOMEO PASSAROTTI (BOLOGNA 1529-1592)

Portrait of a lady in a green gown and sable fur tippet, half-length

Closed25 May 2023

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BARTOLOMEO PASSAROTTI (BOLOGNA 1529-1592)
Portrait of a lady in a green gown and sable fur tippet, half-length
oil on copper
23 7/8 x 19 in. (60.4 x 48.2 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 15 December 1989, lot 58, as Follower of Alessandro Allori.
with Piero Corsini Gallery, New York, from whom acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

Angela Ghirardi dates this painting to the 1560s (loc. cit.). The composition ultimately derives from the works of the Parmese artists Parmigianino and Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli, confirming its continued success among wealthy Bolognese ladies in the third quarter of the 16th century. An exceedingly close composition, perhaps of the same sitter and also on copper, given to Passarotti appeared at Finarte, Rome, 30 March 1982, lot 218.