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Daniele Crespi
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Description
- Daniele Crespi
- Portrait of a Gentleman
- oil on panel
Provenance
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 December 2004, lot 173;
Luigi Koelliker, 2005.
Luigi Koelliker, 2005.
Exhibited
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Maestri del '600 e del '700 lombardo nella collezione Koelliker, 1 April - 2 July 2006, no. 20;
Milan, Robilant + Voena, Milano - Genova andatA/Ritorno, October - December 2012;
London, Robilant + Voena, Milano - Genova andatA/Ritorno, June - July 2013.
Milan, Robilant + Voena, Milano - Genova andatA/Ritorno, October - December 2012;
London, Robilant + Voena, Milano - Genova andatA/Ritorno, June - July 2013.
Literature
F. Frangi, in Maestri del 600 e del '700 lombardo nella collezione Koelliker, exhibition catalogue, Milan 2006, pp. 72-73;
F. Frangi, in C. Manzitti & A. Morandotti (eds.), Milano - Genova andatA/Ritorno, exhibition catalogue, London 2012, pp. 40-41.
F. Frangi, in C. Manzitti & A. Morandotti (eds.), Milano - Genova andatA/Ritorno, exhibition catalogue, London 2012, pp. 40-41.
Catalogue Note
The attribution of this handsome portrait to Crespi has been endorsed by Francesco Frangi who, following its sale in 2004, gave the work in full to this great Lombard artist. Frangi dates the picture to the mid 1620s based on stylistic comparison with other male bust length portraits by Crespi, such as his anonymous portraits in the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, Genoa, and his Portrait of Antonio Oligati (Private Collection). Similar to those works, this striking portrait is rendered with a plasticity of form, accentuated by the sharp lighting of the head from the left, and a delicate precision in the painting of facial features and hair.