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| Portrait of an Olivetan Monk |
Artist:Attributed to Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (Italian, Ancaiano 1481–1536 Rome)
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:38 1/4 x 28 5/8 in. (97.2 x 72.7 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1986
Accession Number:1986.339.1
Not on view
The sitter in this portrait is an Olivetan monk, a branch of the Benedictines. He is surrounded by his writing materials: ink well, quills, a scraping knife, a seal and red wax, as well as a packet of letters and a book closed with a clasp. Both the artist and the sitter are open to question. The artist may be the Sienese Baldassare Peruzzi (1481–1536), or the Venetian Battista Franco; both worked in Rome and were influenced by Raphael and Sebastiano del Piombo. The sitter must have been an important member of the order, and the names of two abbots have been suggested.
Provenance
private collection, England; [Aldo Briganti, Rome, in 1942, as by Sebastiano del Piombo]; [Morandotti, Rome, until 1950; sold to Segal]; Mrs. C. Segal, São Paulo (1950–82; sale, Sotheby's, London, April 21, 1982, no. 79, as by Peruzzi, for £42,000 to Wrightsman); Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York (1982–his d. 1986); Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York (1986)
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