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LAVINIA FONTANA, Portrait of Isabella Ruini with a Lady-in-Waiting, c. 1592

LAVINIA FONTANA

Portrait of Isabella Ruini with a Lady-in-Waiting, c. 1592
Oil on canvas, laid down on wood
69.7 x 66 cm
27 1/2 x 26 in
Signed on the jewellery box: “Lavin. Fon. Facie”
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Provenance

Family property, originally from Berlin, family-owned for at least 50 years;
Private Collection, Germany, by descent in 2010

Literature

We are grateful to Dr Raffaella Morselli for her in-depth study of this painting, which will be presented in a dedicated publication
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