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Source Description
The boy can be identified as the nine-year-old Massimiliano Stampa, third marquess of the small northern Italian city of Soncino, on the basis of a contemporary annotation on the back of the canvas. This is Sophonisba Anguissola's first major commission. The family commissioned it to commemorate the boy's inheritance of his title in 1557, at his father's death. Anguissola was a sympathetic observer of children: here she leavens the stern, very "adult," impression of the full-length portrait in the traditional black clothing of the Italian courts during the 16th century with the appeal of child's hesitant expression and the inclusion of the boy's sleeping pet.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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1377
label
Portrait of Marquess Massimiliano Stampa
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obj
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drawing
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Source metadata
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1377
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drawing
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title
Portrait of Marquess Massimiliano Stampa
description
The boy can be identified as the nine-year-old Massimiliano Stampa, third marquess of the small northern Italian city of Soncino, on the basis of a contemporary annotation on the back of the canvas. This is Sophonisba Anguissola's first major commission. The family commissioned it to commemorate the boy's inheritance of his title in 1557, at his father's death. Anguissola was a sympathetic observer of children: here she leavens the stern, very "adult," impression of the full-length portrait in the traditional black clothing of the Italian courts during the 16th century with the appeal of child's hesitant expression and the inclusion of the boy's sleeping pet.
provenance
Chantel Collection, Lyon [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Trotti, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown; Galerie Trotti & Cie ?, founded 1901)]; James Stillman, New York; C. C. Stillman, New York, prior to 1921, by descent; C. C. Stillman Sale, American Art Association Galleries, New York, February 3, 1927, no. 29 [as Portrait of a Young Prince of the Este Family, by G. B. Moroni]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1557 (High Renaissance)
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
portraits
oil paintings
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
134.9
height
71.1
depth
2.5
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H including painted extensions around all four sides: 53 1/8 × W: 28 × D: 1 in. (134.94 × 71.12 × 2.54 cm); Framed H: 67 × W: 41 × D: 3 1/4 in. (170.18 × 104.14 × 8.26 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Transcription] Inscribed by a contemporary hand on the verso of the original canvas in black paint: MAX.STA.MAR.SON.III-AET.AN.VIIII-1557; [Translation] Massimiliano Stampa
the 3rd marquess of Soncino
in his ninth year
1557.
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oil on canvas
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