Portrait of a Lady (probably Ippolita Sforza)
Summary
A reproduction produced by the Vasari Society of a drawing by Luini. The drawing is a side view of the head and shoulders of a woman. The woman has long hair, partly covered by a veil. She is wearing a necklace of round beads strung together, and her dress appears to puff out at the shoulders. Text from the accompanying booklet produced by the Vasari Society: "8. LUINI (Working by 1512; d. 1532) PORTRAIT OF A LADY (PROBABLY IPPOLITA SFORZA) Collection of Henry Oppenheimer, Esq. From the Lord de Lisle and Heseltine Collections. Black chalk, touched wih white. 37.2 x 26.5 cm. (14 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.). The success with which this noble drawing was rejuvenated by the late Mr. S. W. Littlejohn, one of the British Museum mounters and restorers, only a few months before his death at the front, may be judged by a comparison with the reproduction in Mr. Heseltine's little volume quoted below. In his note on the drawing, Mr. Heseltine, after recording a previous attribution to Boltraffio, rightly points out its affinity to the portrait of Ippolita Sforza Bentivoglio (wife of Alessandro Bentivoglio) in the fresco by Luini in S. Maurizio at Milan (about 1522-4). T. B. [Luca Beltrami, Luini, 1911. p. 357; Original Drawings by Old Masters of the Italian School, forming part of the Collection of J. P. H(eseltine). Printed privately. London, 1913, No. 24.]"
Object Name
Portrait of a Lady (probably Ippolita Sforza)
Creators Name
Date Created
1921
accession number
1921.35
Collection Group
Place of creation
Europe
Medium