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Property from a Private Collection, New York

Circle of Domenico Robusti, called Domenico Tintoretto

Portrait of a Venetian senator

Lot Closed

October 21, 04:37 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, New York

Circle of Domenico Robusti, called Domenico Tintoretto

Portrait of a Venetian senator


oil on canvas

canvas: 13⅞ by 10¾ in.; 35.2 by 27.3 cm.

framed: 24¼ by 20⅝ in.; 61.6 by 52.4 cm.

Private collection, London and Toronto;
Thence by descent to the present collectors.
While the identity of this distinguished sitter remains unknown, his fur-trimmed crimson robes indicate he was a member of the Venetian senate. The painting is likely a fragment excised from a three-quarter length portrait.