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Bearded Man with a Falcon

Maker

Attributed to
Lazzaro Bastiani (Artists)
circa 1425-1512 (Life dates)

Title

Bearded Man with a Falcon

Date of Production

(circa) 1500

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

Height: 99.4 cm (stretcher)
Width: 72.8 cm (stretcher)

Accession Number

P.1947.LF.22

Mode of Acquisition

Arthur Hamilton Lee, bequest, 1947

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Label Text

The sitter’s rich doublet of expensive black cloth, his finely embroidered shirt cuffs, and opulent hat are markers of his high social status. This is further underlined by the hooded falcon resting on his arm. Ownership of these hunting birds was associated with noble rank.
The man stands before bare tree trunks set against a deep turquoise background. The oak leaves (rovere) suggest that he might belong to the prominent Italian della Rovere family.

Provenance

Sale of Charles Sedelmeyer (art dealer in Paris), 3-5 June 1907, lot 107 (as Campi); purchased there for 3,100FF by F. Kleinberger Galleries (art dealers in Paris); by 1935, collection of Ludwig Kappis, 17 rue Louis David, Paris; purchased from him by Viscount Lee in 1935; Lee Bequest 1947

Exhibition History

Courtauld Connects Regional Programme (Pilot) - Portraits, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, 03/02/2017-04/06/2017

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