Lucrezia Romana
Lucrezia Romana
- Artist
- Giampietrino
- Artist Dates
- active c. 1495-1540
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Title
- Lucrezia Romana
- Date
- c. 1500-40
- Medium
- oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 95.9 x 72.4 cm (37-3/4 x 28-1/2 in)
- K Number
- K346
- Repository
- Chazen Museum of Art
- Accession Number
- 61.4.6
- Notes
Provenance
Marquess Costantino Guidi [1832-1899], Cesena Italy or Museo Guidi, Faenza. [1] Attilio Simonetti [1843-1925], Rome. [2] . (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955] Rome-Florence); sold to Samuel H. Kress (1863-1955) on 10 July 1950; gift to Chazen Museum of Art [formerly Elvehjem Art Center], University of Wisconsin in 1961, no. 61.4.6. [1] Two sales of the Guidi collection were held: one at Sangiorgi in Rome on 21-27 April 1902; the other one in Florence at Galardelli and Mazzoni on 14 April 1910. This painting is not identifiable in either sale. [2] A sale of the Simonetti collection was held at G. Tavazzi, Rome, April 25-May 6 1932 after his death. This painting is not identifiable in the sale.
Catalogue Entry
Giampietrino
Lucrezia Romana
K346
Madison, Wis., University of Wisconsin, Study Collection (61.4.6), since 1961.(1) Wood. 37 5/8 x 27 7/8 in. (95.6 X 70.8 cm.). Fair condition; some restoration. For the commentary, etc., see K347, below. K347 : Figure 326 CLEOPATRA. Lewisburg, Pa., Bucknell University, Study Collection (BL-KI2), since 1961.(2) Wood. 37 1/8 x 27 5/8 in. (94.3 X 70.1 cm.). Fair condition; some restoration, mostly in background. Since they are related in subject, are almost identical in size, and were together when they first came to attention in this century, K346 and K347 are presumed to have been painted as pendants.(3) Like K1238 (Fig. 327), K346 seems based on a composition by Leonardo, probably his Leda. Less obvious Leonardesque prototypes of K347 can be found. The pair may date about 1525. Provenance: Guidi, Lucca. Simonetti, Rome. Contini Bonacossi, Florence. Kress acquisition, 1935 – exhibited: 'Leonardo da Vinci,' Milan, May 9-Oct. 20, 1939, pp. 203 f. of catalogue by W. E. Suida, both as Giampietrino; 'Leonardo da Vinci,' Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, Calif, June 3-July 17, 1949, nos. 48 and 49 of catalogue by W. E. Suida, both as Giampietrino; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii (K346 only), 1952-60.(4)
References
(1) Catalogue by D. Loshak, 1961, p. unnumbered, as Giampietrino. (2) Catalogue by B. Gummo, 1961, p. 30, as Giampietrino. (3) They have been attributed to Giampietrino by B. Berenson, G. Fiocco, R. Longhi, R. van Marle, F. M. Perkins, A. Venturi (in ms. opinions), and W. E. Suida (in Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon, vol. XXVI, 1932, p. 343). (4) Catalogue by Suida, 1952, p. 44, as Giampietrino.