About the Artwork
Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus
1505
Gian Cristoforo Romano
ca. 1465-1512
Italian
Unknown
Marble
Overall: 19 7/16 × 24 1/8 × 11 1/2 inches (49.4 × 61.3 × 29.2 cm)
Sculpture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Baron Eric de Goldschmidt-Rothschild
61.65
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Marks, in the center of the base: MDV
Provenance
mid-19th century, purchased in (Asolo, Italy) by Count Wilhelm von Pourtales [1815-1889] (Venice, Italy)
by 1898, Count Friedrich von Pourtales [1853-1928] (Berlin, Germany before 1898), (The Hague, Netherlands from 1899), (Munich, Germany from 1902), (St. Petersburg, Russia 1907-1922), (Schloss Glumbowitz, Silesia, Poland from ca. 1920)
by 1961, Baron Eric de Goldschmidt-Rothschild (Los Angeles, California)
1961-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bode, W. von. Die Ausstellung von Gemalden Altere Meister. Die Renaissance - Galerie, Die Sammlung des Grafen Wilhelm Pourtales, Jahrbuch der Koniglich - Preussuschen 4, 1883, pp. 143-144. Reprint Burger, 1907, pp. 153-154 (fig. 11).
Selected Renaissance Works of Art From the Permanent Collection. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1982, p. 5.
Caroselli, Susan Lyons. "A Portrait Bust of Caterina Cornaro by Tullio Lombardo." Bulletin of the DIA 61, nos. 1-2 (1983): pp. 46-57 (ill.).
Markham Schulz, A. Cristoforo Slari at Venice: Facts and Suppositions, Prospettiva 53 - 56, April 1988 - January 1989, p. 313 (figs. 7, 10).
Luchs, A. Tullio Lombardo and Ideal Portrait Sculpture in Renaissance Venice, 1490-1530. Cambridge, 1994, pp. 12-13 (fig. 12).
Darr, A.P., P. Barnet, A. Bostrom, C. Avery, et al. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts, 2 vols. London, 2002, I, cat. 112.
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attributed to Gian Cristoforo Romano, Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, 1505, marble. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Baron Eric de Goldschmidt-Rothschild, 61.65.
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