Property from the Estates of Lord Jacobs
Manner of Bonifacio Bembo
Set of four portraits from a decorative ceiling frieze
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Lot closes
July 23, 02:09 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
Current Bid
1,300 USD
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Property from the Estates of Lord and Lady Jacobs
Manner of Bonifacio Bembo
Set of four portraits from a decorative ceiling frieze
oil on panel, a group of four
the first, panel: 15¼ by 14½ in.; 38.7 by 36.8 cm.
the first, framed: 18½ by 17½ in.; 50.0 by 44.5 cm.
the second, panel: 15½ by 14¼ in.; 39.4 by 36.2 cm.
the second, framed: 19 by 17⅜ in.; 48.3 by 44.1 cm.
the third, panel: 15⅝ by 13⅜ in.; 39.7 by 34.0 cm.
the third, framed: 19 by 16 3/4; 48.3 by 42.5 cm.
the fourth, panel: 15¼ by 14½ in.; 38.7 by 36.8 cm.
the fourth, framed: 18½ by 17½ in.; 47.0 by 44.5 cm.
Bust-length portraits often populated painted friezes that decorated fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Lombard palaces. Such ensembles typically included depictions of contemporary men and women (oftentimes the patrons, among them) as well as figures from antiquity. Among the most celebrated of such ceiling cycles were those painted by Bonifacio Bembo for the Visconti-Sforza Palazzo in Milan (in situ) and those painted by an anonymous Lombard artist for the Golden Room in the Vimercati Palazzo in Crema (Milan, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, inv. no. 4380-477, and Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, inv. no. P30CI).