Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum

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224 ITALIAN MOSAICS


PROVENANCE
Given by Grand Duke Ferdinando I de'
Medici to Giovanni Bardi in 1601; Corsini,
Rome, from at least 1853 through 1891;
[Same Art, Ltd., Zurich, 1991].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Antonio Zobi, Notizie storiche sulTorigine e
progressi dei Uvori di commesso in pietre dure
nelll. e R. stabilimento di Firenze (Florence,
1853), pp. 184-186; Guida delle RR. Cappelle
Medicee e R. Opificio delle Pietre Dure in
Firenze, Edoardo Marchionni, ed. (Florence,
1891), pp. 99-100; Ludwig von Pastor, The
History of the Popes (London, 1952), vol. 23,
p. 32; Anna Maria Giusti et al., IIMuseo
delTOpificio dette Pietre Dure (Florence,
1978), p. 282; Anna Maria Giusti, Palazzo
Vecchio: Committenze e collezionismo medicei
(Florence, 1980), p. 239; "Acquisitions/1992,"
GettyMusJ 21 (1993), in press, illus.

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  1. Portrait of Cantillo Rospigliosi
    Circa 1630-1640
    Attributed to Giovanni Battista Calandra
    Mosaic in gilt-wood frame
    Inscribed on a paper label attached to the
    gilt frame, Questro ritratto in mosaico del
    Ball Camillo Rospigliosi fratello del Papa
    Clem. IX e di proprieta di mió ñipóte [Don?]
    Giöv. Battista Rospigliosi.
    Height (without frame): 2 ft.^3 /s in. (62 cm);
    Width (without frame): 1 ft. 7 /16 in.
    (48.5 cm)
    Accession number 87.SE.132


PROVENANCE
According to its paper label, this work
belonged to the nephew of Giovanni
Battista Rospigliosi (1646-1722); private col-
lection, Zurich; [Danae Art International,
S.A., Panama].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1987," GettyMusJ\6,1988,
no. 88, p. 185, illus.
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