anonymous: "Portrait of Christina of Lorraine (1565-1637), Grand Duchess of Tuscany, bust-length, wearing a black dress with an elaborate lace collar and pearl jewelry"
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"Portrait of Christina of Lorraine (1565-1637), Grand Duchess of Tuscany, bust-length, wearing a black dress with an elaborate lace collar and pearl jewelry"
17th-century portrait paintings of women, with Not identified, Not provided, Unspecified, Unmentioned or UnknownUnknown location
label QS:Len,"Not identified, Not provided, Unspecified, Unmentioned or UnknownUnknown location"
and year.
Object history
Provenance:
Friedrich Ludwig (Fritz) Gans (1833-1920), Frankfurt am Main;
Thence by descent to his son, Ludwig Wilhelm von Gans (1869-1946), Kestenhöh, Taunus;
His sale, Frankfurt am Main, Hugo Helbing, 7 May 1929, lot 60 (as "Französischer Meister aus der Nachfolge Clouets, 2nd Half 16th Century");
Auction: Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 8 September 2004 Anonymous sale ("A Distinguished Russian Noble Family"), lot 1212 (as Follower of Frans Pourbus the Younger)
Thereafter acquired by the present collector.
Auction: Sotheby's, New York, 26 May 26 May 2023, Master Paintings Part II, lot 314, Property of a Private West Coast Collector [1]
Inscriptions
inscribed on the reverse: CRISTINA DI LORENO / G.D. di TOSCANA. 1589
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== Summary == {{Information |Description=Christine of Lorraine, Duchess of Tuscany, second child of Duke Charles II. of Lorraine and Claude of Valois (daughter of King Henry II. of France and Caterina de Medici), wife of Duke Ferdinando I. Medici of Tuska
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