Reclining Venus

Reclining Venus

SK-A-3479

Born in Amsterdam, Sustris spent most of his career in Italy. In Venice, he was a close associate of the leading painter Titian. In this work, Sustris used as a model one of Titian’s most celebrated paintings, the so-called Venus of Urbino, but he gave his figure an elegant, more mannered pose.

'Naaktverkiezing', Oog 3 (2009) nr. 3, p. 23-49, afb. p. 26-27.

painter: attributed to Lambert Sustris, Venice

c. 1540 - c. 1560

olieverf op doek

• height 116 cm x width 186 cm
• weight 44 kg
• depth 10.5 cm

purchase 1946-12

Public domain

…; collection Joseph Neeld (1789-1856), Grittleton House, near Chippenham, Wilts, 1854, as Titian;{Waagen II, 1854, p. 244; note RMA.} his brother, Sir John Neeld (1805-91), Grittleton House, near Chippenham, Wilts; his son, Sir Algernon William Neeld (1846-1900), Grittleton House, near Chippenham, Wilts; his brother, Sir Audley Dallas Neeld (1849-1941), Grittleton House, near Chippenham, Wilts; by descent to Lionel William Inigo-Jones, from 1942 named Neeld (?-1956), Grittleton House, near Chippenham, Wilts;{Lionel William Inigo-Jones was the descendant of Joseph Neeld through an illegitimate daughter.} his sale, London (Christie´s), 13 July 1945, no. 42, as Titian (`Venus, of the Villa Borghese´), £ 115 10 s, to Fenouil;{Copy RKD.} …; acquired through the mediation of Thomas Harris, Garden Lodge Studio, London, by the museum, 1946

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

'Naaktverkiezing', Oog 3 (2009) nr. 3, p. 23-49, afb. p. 26-27.

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