Battista Franco
Portrait of an Olivetan Monk
97.2 x 72.7 cmOil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1986
Provenance
private collection, England
with Aldo Briganti, Rome, in 1942, as by Sebastiano del Piombo
with Morandotti, Rome, until 1950, sold to Segal
Mrs. C. Segal, São Paulo, 1950–82
sale, Sotheby's, London, 21 April 1982, nr. 79, as by Peruzzi, to Wrightsman
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York, 1982–his death 1986
Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, New York, 1986