Inscribed: On frame, on old card, in ink: "103". On stretcher, in ink: "Ticiano", and on label of the Academy, in ink: "Num ant. 103/ Num mod. 235/ Retrato del Ticiano/ copia/ de Rómulo Batlle".
Provenance: Museum of the former Board of Commerce
Note: is based on self-portrait bust of Staliche Museen of Berlin, but Batlle, Jaume Batlle son, not work directly from this site, located in Berlin since 1821, but from the engraving by Agostino Carracci, that if you do not copy painting directly concerned, is closely related - or may be from a copy made by Sebastiano del Piombo in unknown location. It together with the inventory numbers 252 and 253. |