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CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, CIRCA 1840, AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI (ITALIAN, C. 1520/24-1578)
Lot 282THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, CIRCA 1840, AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI (ITALIAN, C. 1520/24-1578)

Fermé28 November 2012

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CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, CIRCA 1840, AFTER GIOVANNI BATTISTA MORONI (ITALIAN, C. 1520/24-1578)
Two miniatures: Don Gabriel de la Cueva y Girón, 5th Duke of Alburquerque (c. 1515-1571) in black doublet, the sleeve slashed to reveal red, white collar, black cap, beard; together with a gentleman, in black doublet with ruffled collar, black cap, beard
on ivory
3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mounts within carved giltwood frames (2)

Note du spécialiste

The first miniature derives from a large-scale three-quarters length portrait by Giovanni Battista Moroni painted in 1560, now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, inv. no. 79.1. Gabriel de la Cueva was the son of Don Beltrán de la Cueva, 3rd Duke of Albuquerque and his wife Doña Isabel Téllez Girón. He held the offices of Viceroy of Navarre and Governor of the Duchy of Milan. He married his niece, Doña Juana de la Lama, 4th Marchioness of la Adrada and they had two daughters.