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Portrait of a Prelate
Jacopino del Conte (Italian (Florentine), 1515–1598)
about 1540
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
109.9 x 93.4 cm (43 1/4 x 36 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moss
Accession Number1991.1042
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
ProvenanceVentimiglia Family, Palermo. Prince Belmonte, Palermo. About 1859/1860, Prince Pandolfini, Palermo [see note 1]. 1902, T. Lawrie and Co., London; 1902, sold by Lawrie to Theodore M. Davis (b. 1838 - d. 1915), Newport, RI; 1915, bequest of Davis to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; 1930, accessioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession no. 30.95.236) [see note 2]; 1982, deaccessioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art; June 17, 1982, sale ("Property of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York"), Sotheby's, New York, lot 112. 1983, sold by Amadeus, S.A. to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moss, New York; 1991, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moss to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 22, 1992)
NOTES:
[1] Elizabeth E. Gardner, "Dipinti Rinascimentali del Metropolitan Museum nelle Carte di G. B. Cavalcaselle," Saggi e Memorie di storia dell'arte 8 (1972), pp. 71-72, notes that the art historian Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle saw the painting in the Pandolfini collection during his travels of 1859-1860, noting it was had come from the Belmonte collection; and the dealer Lawrie stated it had come from the Ventimiglia collection. The Ventimiglia, Belmonte, and Pandolfini may have been branches of the same aristocratic family.
[2] Davis bequeathed his art collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1915, but his will was contested. Between 1915 and 1930, while the matter was being litigated, the collection was exhibited at the museum. In 1930, the court found in favor of the Metropolitan Museum, and the collection was accessioned.This painting was attributed to Sebastiano del Piombo at the time.
NOTES:
[1] Elizabeth E. Gardner, "Dipinti Rinascimentali del Metropolitan Museum nelle Carte di G. B. Cavalcaselle," Saggi e Memorie di storia dell'arte 8 (1972), pp. 71-72, notes that the art historian Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle saw the painting in the Pandolfini collection during his travels of 1859-1860, noting it was had come from the Belmonte collection; and the dealer Lawrie stated it had come from the Ventimiglia collection. The Ventimiglia, Belmonte, and Pandolfini may have been branches of the same aristocratic family.
[2] Davis bequeathed his art collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1915, but his will was contested. Between 1915 and 1930, while the matter was being litigated, the collection was exhibited at the museum. In 1930, the court found in favor of the Metropolitan Museum, and the collection was accessioned.This painting was attributed to Sebastiano del Piombo at the time.