René II de La Jaille
c. 1550
Artists
Description
René II de La Jaille is represented in simple unornamented dress. His short dark hair, which is inclined to curl, is brushed back from his face. There is a lively, almost mocking expression in his eyes, the faintest hint of a cynical smile on his lips.
Dimensions
29.2 x 20.5 cm (11 1/2 x 8 1/16 in.)
Provenance
Catherine de' Medici; Christina of Lorraine; William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough; Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough, by descent (as attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger); Edward M. Hodgkins, Paris and London; Charles Wickert, Paris; George Jay Gould I, Lakewood Township, New Jersey; his son, Kingdon Gould, Sr., by descent; his wife, Annunziata Camilla Maria Gould (née Lucci), by descent; Castano Galleries, Boston, sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1946, inv. no. 1946.5
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