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GERVASIO GATTI | PORTRAIT OF A BOY IN STRIPED DOUBLET AND WHITE RUFF, HIS LEFT ARM ON HIS HIP AND RIGHT RESTING ON A TABLE WITH AN OPEN BOOK, HALF-LENGTH

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June 11, 02:31 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

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GERVASIO GATTI

Cremona 1549-1631

PORTRAIT OF A BOY IN STRIPED DOUBLET AND WHITE RUFF, HIS LEFT ARM ON HIS HIP AND RIGHT RESTING ON A TABLE WITH AN OPEN BOOK, HALF-LENGTH

oil on canvas

canvas: 26½ by 21½ in.; 67.5 by 54.7 cm.

framed: 32 by 28 in.; 81.3 by 71.1 cm.

Private collection;

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 8 December 2011, lot 119;

There acquired.

L'Arte delle Donne dal Rinascimento al Surrealismo, exhibition catalogue, Milan 2007, unnumbered, reproduced on frontispiece (as by Sofonisba Anguissola).

Milan, Palazzo Reale, L'Arte delle Donne dal Rinascimento al Surrealismo, 5 December 2007 - 9 March 2008, unnumbered (as by Sofonisba Anguissola).

This lovely portrait of a young boy was previously exhibited as the work of Sofonisba Anguissola, who trained with Gervasio Gatti in the workshop of his uncle, Bernardino Gatti, known as Sojaro. Gervasio worked alongside his uncle on commissions for the Farnese court in Parma. His portraits are notable for the porcelain-like features of their faces, the attention to fine details in costume and armor, and the stately poses and expressions, all of which combine here for an impressive image that belies the sitter's young age.