Titian

Double portrait of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino (1514-1574), and his son, Francesco Maria II (1549-1631)



Titian - Double portrait of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino (1514-1574), and his son, Francesco Maria II (1549-1631)



Titian
Double portrait of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino (1514-1574), and his son, Francesco Maria II (1549-1631)
198 x 113 cm
Oil on canvas
Sale Christie's, London, 19 April 2018


Provenance

The Malaspina family, Elizabeth della Rovere, sister of Guidobaldo II, who married Alberico I Cybo Malaspina, Marchese di Massa and Carrara
Abate Luigi Celotti, Venice, until 1837
Count Anatole Demidoff, Prince of San Donato (1812-1875), San Donato, Florence, 1837
his sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 3-4 March 1870, nr. 187 (17,500 francs)
Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, 3rd Marquess of Westminster, later 1st Duke of Westminster (1825-1899), 1870, and by descent at Grosvenor House, and elsewhere to his grandson,
Hugh Richard Arthur, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879-1953)
sale (†) Sotheby’s, London, 24 June 1959, nr. 17 (?24,000)
with Matthiesen Gallery, London, by 1962, where acquired by the present owner
sale Christie's, London, 19 April 2018, nr. 31

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