Lot number 3700 - Auction 155
HALBFIGURENBILDNIS DER TOCHTER DES FRANCESCO SODERINIS (AM 3. MÄRZ 1522 EINTRITT ALS NONNE IN DEN KONVENT VON CHIAVELLO)

FLORENTINE SCHOOL, AROUND 1522 HALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF THE DAUGHTER OF FRANCESCO SODERINI (ENTERED THE CONVENT OF CHIAVELLO AS A NUN ON 3 MARCH 1522) Oil on canvas. 75 x 59.5 cm (F. 95 x 78 cm). On the reverse of the canvas inscribed: "Fig. Laura M. Terza de' Sig. Sen. Fran° di Sig. Guerride Figlio in Fran. Soderini, il dì 3 Marzo 1523 di Anni 15 Mesi ii Giorni 13 Almonaca in Firenze nel Convento di Chiavello col nome di Suor Teresa Maria" (depicting Laura M., third daughter of Senator Francesco di Sig. Guerride, daughter of Francesco Soderini, on 3 March 1522, aged 15 years, 2 months and 13 days, nun in Florence in the Convent of Chiavello under the name Sister Teresa Maria). Min. old rest., min. old retouching, surface soiled, imprint of the stretcher. Frame. Provenance: Hessian private collection.