LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

30.39 in. (77.20 cm.) (height) by 25.24 in. (64.10 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Frankfurt am Main, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Austellung von Meisterwerken alter Malerei aus Privatbesitz, Summer 1925, no. 123; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Italiaansche Kunst in Nederlandsch Bezit, 1 July - 1 October 1934, no. 198; Venice, Palazzo Ducale, Mostra di Lorenzo Lotto, 14 June - 18 October 1953, no. 33.

Literature:

B. Berenson, Lorenzo Lotto: An Essay in Constructive Art Criticism, London 1901, p. 118, reproduced opp. p. 120; Gemälde des XIV - XVI. Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung von Richard von Kaufmann, Berlin 1901, p. XII, no. 116 G. Gronau, "Die Gemäldesammlung Richard von Kaufmann," in Hugo Helbing's Monatsberichte, vol. 2 (1902-1903), p. 128, reproduced pl. 44; Gowan's Art Books: The Masterpieces of Lotto, no. 29, London and Glasgow 1909, p. 8, reproduced; W. von Bode and M. Friedländer, Die Sammlung R. von Kaufmann, Berlin 1917, p. 110, no. 57, reproduced (auction catalogue with scholarly entries by Max J. Friedländer); H. Bernath, "An Exhibition of Old Masters in Frankfurt," in The Burlington Magazine, vol. XVII (October 1925) p. 216; E. Waldman, "Leih-Ausstellung von Gemälden Alter Meister aus Frankfurter Privatbesitz," in Kunst und Künstler, (September 1925), p. 483; A. Venturi, Storia dell'arte, Milan 1929, vol. IX: "La Pittura del Cinquecento," pt. 4, p. 114; R. van Marle, "La Pittura all'esposizione d'arte antica italiana di Amsterdam," in Bollettino d'arte, vol. 28 (March 1935), p. 396; L. Coletti, Lotto, Bergamo 1953, p. 40, reproduced Tav. 46; E. Zocca, "Le Decorazioni della stanza di Eliodoro e l'opera di Lorenzo Lotto in Roma," in Rivista dell' Istituto nazionale d'archeologia e storia dell'arte, vol. 2 (1953), pp. 337-343, reproduced fig. 10; W. Valentiner and P. Wescher, The J. Paul Getty Museum Guidebook, Los Angeles 1954, p. 26, reproduced no. 6; A. Banti and A. Boschetto, Lorenzo Lotto, Florence 1955, pp. 16, 24, 71 (no. 34), reproduced fig. 62; The J. Paul Getty Museum Guidebook, Los Angeles 1956, p. 19, reproduced no. 6; B. Berenson, Lorenzo Lotto, Milan 1956, p. 36, reproduced fig. 108; P. Bianconi, Tutta la Pittura di Lorenzo Lotto, Milan 1955, pp. 43-44, reproduced fig. 35A (and later English Translation); W. Valentiner and P. Wescher, The J. Paul Getty Museum Guidebook, Los Angeles 1956, p. 19, reproduced no. 6; B. Berenson, Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Venetian School, London 1957, vol. 1, p. 105; P. Wescher, "Lotto's Portrait of the Jeweller Gian Pietro Crivelli da Milano," in Bulletin of The J. Paul Getty Museum of Art, vol. 1 (1957), pp. 25-26; H.T. Broadley, The Mature Style of Quinten Massys, New York University IFA 1961 (unpublished Ph.D. dissertation), p. 124, and note 2; C. Gilbert, "Review of J.S. Freedberg's 'Paintings of the High Renaissance in Rome and Florence'," in Art Journal, vol. 21 (Summer 1962) p. 289 (as possibly by Franciabigio); D. Cooper, ed., Great Private Collections, New York 1963, p. 184, reproduced p. 180; M. Seidenberg, Die Bildnisse des Lorenzo Lotto, Lörrach 1964, pp. 48-49; B. Fredericksen, A Handbook of the Paintings in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu 1965, p. 19, no. G-104; J. Paul Getty, The Joys of Collecting, New York 1965, pp. 31, 98, reproduced p. 99; B. Fredericksen, Catalogue of the Paintings in The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu 1972, pp. 26-27, no. 28, reproduced; B. Fredericksen and F. Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Paintings in North American Public Collections, Cambridge, MA 1972, p. 112; S.R. McKillop, Franciabigio, Berkeley 1974, pp. 52-53, l07 (note 29), 147, 203-204 (as Attributed to Lotto); F. Caroli, Lorenzo Lotto, Florence 1975, p. 286, reproduced p. 287; B. Fredericksen, The J. Paul Getty Museum: Greek and Roman Antiquities, Western European Paintings and French Decorative Arts of the Eighteenth Century, London 1975, p. 85, reproduced; R. Pallucchini and G.M. Canova, L'Opera completa del Lotto, Milan 1975, pp. 90-91, no. 30, reproduced; F. Caroli, Lorenzo Lotto e la nascita della psicologia moderna, Milan 1980, pp. 252-253, reproduced; G. Mascherpa, Invito a Lorenzo Lotto, Milan 1980, pp. 19, 23 (note 15); G.M. Pilo, "Lotto, Sebastiano del Piombo, Pordenone: Significato di tre esperienze romane," in Lorenzo Lotto. Atti del Convegno internazionale di studi per il V centenario della nascita, Asolo 1980, pp. 149, 161 (notes 12-14); C. Volpe, "Lotto a Roma e Raffaello," in Lorenzo Lotto. Atti del Convegno internazionale di studi per il V centenario della nascita, Asolo 1980, pp. 135-137, 145, reproduced "VOLPE 2"; A. Banti, Rivelazione di Lorenzo Lotto, Florence 1981, pp. 20-21, 35-36, reproduced fig. 19; A. Bacchi et. al., "La pittura del Cinquecento a Roma e nel Lazio," in La Pittura in Italia: Il Cinquecento, Milan 1987, vol. 1, p. 421; D. Jaffé, Summary Catalogue of European Paintings in The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 1997, p. 76, reproduced; M. Firpo, Artisti, Gioiellieri, Eretici: Il Mondo di Lorenzo Lotto tra Riforma e Controriforma, Rome 2001, p. 229; C. Pirovano, Lotto, Milan 2002, p. 175, cat. no. 18, reproduced (as circa 1509-10?).

Provenance:

Richard von Kaufmann (1850-1908), Berlin and Charlottenberg, by 1901; His deceased sale, Berlin, Cassirer, Helbing, 4 December 1917, lot 57; Robert Koch, Frankfurt-am-Main, by 1925; With Goudstikker, Amsterdam, by 1934 (possibly on consignment from Koch, but not sold); Mrs. Robert von Hirsch (née Martha Dreyfus-Koch), Basel, Switzerland, inherited from her father Robert Koch and from whom acquired in 1953 by; Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York; From whom acquired by J. Paul Getty (1892-1976), Malibu and Sutton Place, 1953; By whom donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, 1970.