Getting started with the collection:
Portrait of a Boy, thought to be Giovanni de' Medici (1543-1562)
anoniem, 1545 - 1570
Portret van een jongen, vermoedelijk Giovanni de' Medici. Ten halven lijve, voor een gordijn.
- Artwork typepainting
- Object numberSK-A-3344
- Dimensionsheight 24 cm x width 18 cm, depth 10.5 cm
- Physical characteristicsolieverf op paneel


Identification
Title(s)
Portrait of a Boy, thought to be Giovanni de' Medici (1543-1562)
Object type
Object number
SK-A-3344
Description
Portret van een jongen, vermoedelijk Giovanni de' Medici. Ten halven lijve, voor een gordijn.
Creation
Creation
- painter: anoniem, Florence
- painter: Angelo Bronzino [rejected attribution]
Dating
1545 - 1570
Search further with
Material and technique
Physical description
olieverf op paneel
Material
Dimensions
- height 24 cm x width 18 cm
- depth 10.5 cm
This work is about
Person
Subject
Acquisition and rights
Credit line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Kessler-Hülsmann, Kapelle op den Bosch
Copyright
Provenance
…; collection Michael Tomkinson (18411921), Kidderminster, 1905;{According to a seal at the back of the painting.} his sale, London (Christie´s), 24 February 1922, no. 157, as Bronzino (`Portrait of the son of Cosimo I. de´ Medici´), £ 46 4 s, to the dealer Duits, London;{Copy RMA; copy RKD.} from whom, as Bronzino, £ 63 14 s, to the dealer Krantz and De Bruyn, The Hague and Rotterdam;{GRI, acc. no. 860290, Duits records, 1920-1979, picture stock books, box no. 21, no. 13.} …; collection of Dominicus Antonius Josephus Kessler (1855-1939) and Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann (1868-1947), Kapelle op den Bosch, near Mechelen;{Note RMA.} donated, with xx other objects, by Mrs A.C.M.H. Kessler-Hülsmann to the museum, 1940
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.
Documentation
Persistent URL
To refer to this object, please use the following persistent URL:
Questions?
Do you spot a mistake? Or do you have information about the object? Let us know!