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SEBASTIANO FILIPPI II, CALLED IL BASTIANINO (1532–1602)

Margherita Gonzaga d’Este wearing a wedding dress, with her dwarf Isabella

Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 190 x 135 cm 74 3/4 x 53 1/8 in Framed Dims: 160L x 10W x 217H cm

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Provenance

With Jan Muller, Belgium, by 2021, from whom acquired by the present owner.

Literature

T. Ferruda, in Festschrift per Vittorio Sgarbi. Settanta scritti e altrettanti auguri, (ed.) E. Pepino, Masone 2022, pp. 260, 346, fig. 39, reproduced in colour;

N. Büttner & A. Orlando (eds.), Rubens a Genova, exh. cat., Milan 2022, pp. 127, 383, cat. no. 17, reproduced in colour;

National Gallery of Ireland, Lavinia Fontana: Trailblazer, Rule Breaker, exh. cat., forthcoming, reproduced (as a comparative image).

Exhibitions / Fairs

Genoa, Palazzo Ducale, Appartamento del Doge, Rubens a Genova, 6 October 2022 – 22 January 2023, no. 17.

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Artwork Details

Margherita Gonzaga d’Este wearing a wedding dress, with her dwarf Isabella — detail
Margherita Gonzaga d’Este wearing a wedding dress, with her dwarf Isabella — detail
Margherita Gonzaga d’Este wearing a wedding dress, with her dwarf Isabella — detail
Margherita Gonzaga d’Este wearing a wedding dress, with her dwarf Isabella — detail
Margherita Gonzaga d’Este wearing a wedding dress, with her dwarf Isabella — detail