LOT DETAILS
Materials:
traces of black chalk, bodycolor and gum Arabic on vellum laid down on panel
Size Notes:
oval
Markings:
signed 'Giovanna Garzoni/ F.' (i), 'G.a G.i/ F.' (ii)
Literature:
G. Casale, Giovanni Garzoni 'Insigne miniatrice', 1600-1670, Milan-Rome, 1991, pp. 166, 215, and 217.
Provenance:
Commissioned by the Grand Duchess Vittoria, wife of Ferdinando de' Medici. Anonymous sale; Piasa, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 26 March 2009, lot 19. with Jean-Luc Baroni, London (cat. 2010, no. 9), where acquired by the present owner.