Portrait of a Young Woman, 1530/1540

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.

Exhibition History

1998

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

Bibliography

1900

Catalogue of Paintings Forming the Private Collection of P. A. B. Widener. Ashbourne, near Philadelphia. II: Early English and Ancient Paintings. Paris, 1900: no. 172, as by Bronzino.

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.

1916

Clapp, Frederick Mortimer. Jacopo Carucci da Pontormo: His Life and Work. New Haven, 1916: 86, 101-102, cat, 172, 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.

1928

McComb, Arthur K. Agnolo Bronzino: His Life and Works. Cambridge, MA, 1928: 117, 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.

1932

Berenson, Bernard. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance. Oxford, 1932: 468, as by Pontormo, Portrait of Lady with Lapdog.

1933

Venturi, Lionello. Italian Paintings in America. Translated by Countess Vanden Heuvel and Charles Marriott. 3 vols. New York and Milan, 1933: 3:pl.457, as by Bachiacca.

1936

Berenson, Bernard. Pitture italiane del rinascimento. Milan, 1936: 402, 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.

1963

Berenson, Bernard. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance. Florentine School. 2 vols. London, 1963: 1:182, as by Pontormo, Portrait of Lady with lapdog.

1965

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

1967

Forster, Kurt M. “Probleme um Pontormos Porträtmalerei: (III): ein Beitrag zum Porträtwerk Michele Tosinis.” Pantheon 25 (1967): 28, 32, as by Michele di Ridolfo.

1968

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

1972

Fredericksen, Burton B., and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections. Cambridge, MA, 1972: 168, 646, as Attributed to 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.

1994

Costamagna, Philippe. Pontormo. Milan, 1994: 328-329, cat. A135, as by Francesco del Brina.

2002

Quodbach, Esmée. "The Last of the American Versailles: The Widener Collection at Lynnewood Hall." Simiolus 29, no. 1/2 (2002): 94.

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