FRANCESCO TRABALLESI (Florence, 1541 – Mantua, 1588) - Ritratto di giovane con i guanti (c.1570–1580)

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Mar 25, 2026

Set Reminder 2026-03-25 10:00:00 2026-03-25 10:00:00 America/New_York Bidsquare Bidsquare : GRAND MARCH AUCTION OF OLD MASTERS AND COLONIAL ART https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/templum-fine-art-auctions/grand-march-auction-of-old-masters-and-colonial-art-22766
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  Oil on panel. Dimensions: 69.5 × 86.5 cm. A certificate from Marco Ciampolini, a specialist in the history of modern art, confirming the attribution of the work to Francesco Traballesi is included. The painting depicts a young nobleman, slightly turned, illuminated by a side light that highlights the geometric structure of his head and right hand against a dark background of drapery and garments. The figure, with a short beard, wears a white ruff and holds a fine leather glove, a symbol of social status and authority. The directed lighting and the contrast between the shadows and the illuminated areas focus attention on the face, whose proud and slightly melancholic expression reinforces the psychological character of the portrait. The descriptive quality and solid compositional construction indicate the hand of a painter experienced in 16th-century Florentine portraiture. The art historian Mina Gregori, in the only analytical study dedicated to the work, attributed it to Francesco Traballesi, an artist remembered by Filippo Baldinucci as a skilled portraitist. According to this interpretation, the painting corresponds to the artist's early period, when stylistic echoes of his master Michele Tosini are still perceptible, before his move to Rome during the pontificate of Gregory XIII Boncompagni. The portrait appeared on the art market relatively recently, in 2003, at an exhibition at the Luigi Diciotto antique gallery in Piacenza. On the reverse of the support is preserved a wax seal with an episcopal coat of arms flanked by two lions facing a tree, a heraldic motif used by various Italian noble families. Bibliography: M. Calvesi (ed.), Afro a Ravenna: opere su carta, grafica, arazzi, mosaici, exhibition catalog, Ravenna, 1991, pp. 165–166. Batch in international warehouse (within the EU). Intra-EU shipment: no import duties apply within the EU. Export permit from the country of origin may be required.
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