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Portrait of Francesco II Sforza, Duke of Milan
16th century (Renaissance)
oil on canvas
(Renaissance Europe )
(Renaissance Europe )
For more information on this portrait, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 295, pp. 423-424.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 390, as G. B. Moroni]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Italy, Lombardy (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Painted surface H: 40 1/16 x W: 30 3/8 in. (101.7 x 77.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.1102