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ALONSO CANO (1601–1667)

Portrait of a Carmelite Monk

Year c. 1644
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 112 x 92 cm 44 1/8 x 36 1/4 in.

Provenance

Private collection, Genoa, 1950s;
Collection of Bruno Lorenzelli, Bergamo;
Fondazione Ca’ la Ghironda, Zola Predosa;
London art market.


Literature

D. Neri (ed.), Le Mani nella Pittura, Florence 1951, p. 179 (as Anthony Van Dyck);
G. De Logu and G. Marinelli, Il ritratto nella pittura italiana, Bergamo 1975, I, p. 17 (as Anthony Van Dyck);
D. de Sarno Prignano and L. Muti (eds.), Pittura a Zola Predosa. Dipinti dal Sei all’Ottocento. Sogno d’Arte... sovrana passione, Bologna 1998, pp. 134-137 (titled a ‘Capuchin monk’, possibly Anthony Van Dyck or Spanish School);
B. F. Buscaroli, Classici Splendori, passioni senza tempo alla Corte di Matilde, Mantua 2009, pp. 110-111, 155;

B. Navarrete, “Alonso Cano revoluciona el retrato”, Ars Magazine, no. 68 (2024), pp. 106-116 (as Alonso Cano).


Exhibitions / Fairs
Zola Predosa, Fondazione Ca’ la Ghironda, 1998.

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Artwork Details

Portrait of a Carmelite Monk by ALONSO CANO — detail
Portrait of a Carmelite Monk by ALONSO CANO — detail
Portrait of a Carmelite Monk by ALONSO CANO — detail
Portrait of a Carmelite Monk by ALONSO CANO — detail
Portrait of a Carmelite Monk by ALONSO CANO — detail