Portrait of Gentile Bellini

attributed to Tullio I Lombardo, c. 1500

Using a few sharply defined planes and no background, the sculptor effectively rendered the stark profile of this older man. The sitter is the Venetian artist Gentile Bellini. Even the precisely described locks of hair appear to be on a single plane. The sculptor used one of Bellini’s own sketches.

  • Artwork typesculpture
  • Object numberBK-16976
  • Dimensionsheight 30.7 cm x width 22.5 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Portrait of Gentile Bellini (1429-1507)
    • Portrait of Gentile Bellini
  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-16976

  • Description

    De man is tot de borst, in profiel naar links afgebeeld. Hij draagt een kalotje op de dikke haardos, die voorhoofd, oren en nek bedekt; voorts een aan de hals nauwsluitende toog met een bandvormige verdikking op de schouders (een schouderklep ?). Het geheel rust op een iets vooruitstekende, schuin verlopende plint.


Creation

  • Creation

    • sculptor: attributed to Tullio I Lombardo, Venice
    • sculptor: attributed to Antonio Lombardo, Venice
  • Dating

    c. 1500

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 30.7 cm x width 22.5 cm


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  • Person

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Acquisition and rights

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  • Provenance

    Inv.;…; collection Gustave Dreyfus (1837-1914), Paris, before 1930;{Mayer 1931, p. 11.} ? sold by his heirs with the entire Dreyfus collection to the dealer Duveen, London, New York, and Paris, 1930;{GRI, Digital Collections, Duveen Brothers records, Series I. Business Records. Series I.D. General Business Records: Dreyfus Collection stock, 1930-1931, image 137, no. 5; Mayer 1931, p. 11.} …; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, probably before 1934, 1936;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 9, no. Por 108, with note ‘oud bezit buiten Artistic gehouden’; Von Falke 1936, p. 288, no. Po. 111.} purchased from his estate, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.


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