Core Record |
| Title |
Portrait of Duchess Sforza Cesarini (died 1765) |
| Collection |
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
| Artist |
Batoni, Pompeo (Italian painter and draftsman, 1708-1787) |
| Date Earliest |
about 1760 |
| Date Latest |
about 1770 |
| Description |
Portrait of Teresa Carracolo, first wife of Gaetano II Sforza Cesarini, Duke of Segni (1728-1776). The pendant portrait of the Duke is in the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia. Some experts consider this to be a portrait of the Duke's second wife and accordingly date it 1768. |
| Current Accession Number |
1961P37 |
| Former Accession Number |
P.37´61 |
| Inscription |
front lr '13' |
| Subject |
portrait (Duchess Sforza Cesarini) |
| Measurements |
97.8 x 72.4 cm cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on canvas |
| Acquisition Details |
Purchased with aid from the V & A Purchase Grant Fund 1961. |
| Provenance |
By descent within the family; P. & D. Colnaghi, 1961. |
| Publications |
Clark, A. M., Pompeo Batoni, Phaidon, 1985, p. 314, cat. 326; Foreign Paintings in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, A Summary Catalogue, 1983, no.5, ill. |
| Notes |
The oil gilded number '13' located in the lower right corner lay on the surface of a broad area of overpaint. After cleaning, it became apparent that another '13' in yellow paint had been covered with overpaint nearer to the right edge and which lay on top of the original paint surface. The earlier '13' was removed with the overpaint. |
| Rights Owner |
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
| Author |
Dr Patricia Smyth |
