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| Keywords: Amico Aspertini - Female Saint Holding a Book - Walters 37441.jpg This painting of a female saint may also be a portrait A noblewoman of Bologna might have commissioned Amico Aspertini to paint her as a saint as an expression of religious fervor and of the ideal of holiness to which she aspired The saint poses in a contemporary Renaissance costume her hair covered by a veil and a net She holds a book in imitation of the Virgin Mary who is often depicted with a book Aspertini was known for his eccentric style which is seen here in the odd shape of the face and the large hands For more information on this painting please seeFederico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no 254 pp 376-377 ca 1510 1520 Renaissance oil on panel Painted surface cm 60 5 43 5 0 8 ; Framed cm 80 01 62 87 6 99 accession number 37 441 5729 Bentivoglio Collection Casa Bentivoglio Bologna date and mode of acquisition unknown J Hanson-Walker London 1894 mode of acquisition unknown Private collection England date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Christie's London December 10 1898 no 65 Jeffrey London date and mode of acquisition unknown Friedrich Lippmann Berlin date and mode of acquisition unknown Rudolph Lepke Sale Berlin November 26-27 1912 no 34 as Lorenzo Costa Arnold Seligmann Rey and Co Munich and New York date and mode of acquisition unknown published in Zeri Italian Paintings in the Walters Art Gallery II as A S Drey Henry Walters Baltimore prior to 1922 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters before 1922 Inscription Painted in black on reverse C B B; Seal On reverse red wax seal with coat of arms with fleurs-de-lys Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces in Miniature The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 Amico Aspertini 1475-1552 e il suo tempo Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna 40126 Bologna 2008-2009 place of origin Bologna Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D 15th-century oil portraits of women at half length Reading women in art Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Amico Aspertini Auctions by Rudolph Lepke Portraits as christian saints | ||||
