Live Auction 22751Old Master Paintings and Sculpture: Part II
STUDIO OF CORNEILLE DE LYON (THE HAGUE 1500/10-1575 LYON)
Lot 103 Property from the Estate of Sylvia Paine Constable

STUDIO OF CORNEILLE DE LYON (THE HAGUE 1500/10-1575 LYON)

Portrait of lady, possibly Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly (1508-1580), Duchesse d'Étampes, bust-length

Closed31 January 2024

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STUDIO OF CORNEILLE DE LYON (THE HAGUE 1500⁄10-1575 LYON)
Portrait of lady, possibly Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly (1508-1580), Duchesse d'Étampes, bust-length
oil on panel
6 ½ x 5 5⁄8 in. (16.5 x 14.3 cm.)

(Possibly) Anatole France (1844-1924), Paris (according to a label on the reverse).
Robert Treat Paine (1835-1910), Boston, and by descent to,
Mrs. Richard Paine, and by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

A label on the reverse of this painting identifies the sitter as Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Duchesse d'Étampes, the mistress of Francis I, king of France. While this portrait as similarities with other depictions of Anne, the sitter's hair color and shape of her nose and chin here differ considerably from those in a portrait of Anne de Pisseleu attributed to Corneille de Lyon in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. 29.100.197).

We are grateful to Dr. Alexandra Zvereva for confirming, on the basis of photographs, that she believes this work to have been produced in Corneille de Lyon’s studio (private communication, 8 November 2023).