Piedmontese School, 16th Century

Oritz de Zevallos, Torre-Tagli Palace, Lima until 1914;
Clance Hoblitzelle, St Louis, Missouri;
Hoblitzelle Foundation Art Collection, Dallas, Texas.

Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts, Paintintgs from Texas Collections, June- October 1937, cat. no. 355 as 'Lorenzo Costa'.

C. Muskavitch, Catalogue Collection, Torre Tagle, 1939;
C. Sterling, Hoblitzelle Collection, 1954.

"The following condition report has been provided by Henry Gentle, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's. The poplar panel has an unstable vertical join, three horizontal bracing bars and period additions to the left and right edges. The sky has been almost entirely repainted. There are minor pin prick losses throughout the surface, areas where the ground colour is dominant and thinned paint that has been augmented, excessively so in some areas, e.g. the faces of the figures. Areas in good condition include much of the drapery, the foliage, the rocks and the tree trunk, right, where the paint texture and impasto are preserved. The varnish is significantly discoloured and its removal would enhance the tonality."
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