Portrait of a Young Woman, 1530/1540

Not on View

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

overall: 55.9 × 44.5 cm (22 × 17 1/2 in.)

framed: 82.55 × 71.76 × 9.53 cm (32 1/2 × 28 1/4 × 3 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.51

Artists / Makers

Florentine 16th Century (painter)

Image Use

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Provenance

Duke Sigismund Franz, Schloss Ambras, Austria. (Leo Nardus [1868-1955], Suresnes, France, and New York); sold 1897 to Peter A.B. Widener, Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, as by Bronzino;[1] inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park; gift 1942 to NGA.

[1]Provenance according to Edith Standen notes in NGA curatorial records.

Associated Names

Franz, Frederick, Mrs.
Nardus, Leo
Widener, Joseph E.
Widener, Peter Arrell Brown

Exhibition History

1998: A Collector's Cabinet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998, no. 21.

Bibliography

1916: Berenson, Bernard, and William Roberts. Pictures in the Collection of P.A.B. Widener at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania: Early Italian and Spanish Schools. Philadelphia, 1916: unpaginated, repro., as by Pontormo.

1923: Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1923: unpaginated, repro., as by Pontormo.

1931: Paintings in the Collection of Joseph Widener at Lynnewood Hall. Intro. by Wilhelm R. Valentiner. Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, 1931: 132, repro., as by Pontormo.

1942: Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 6, as by Pontormo.

1948: Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 19, repro., as by Pontormo.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 104, as by Pontormo.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 92, repro., as by Pontormo.

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 272, repro., as by Pontormo.

1979: Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: 1:377; 2:pl. 272, as by Pontormo.

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 187, no.209, color repro., as by Pontormo.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 316, repro., as by Pontormo.