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signed on verso, once in Ethiopic script ‘ዥዋኘ [or ‘ዥዋፐ]፡ ጋርሶኔ፡ ፌ +’ (‘Žǝwañä [or Žǝwapä] Garsone Fe +’), with ambiguous and poorly executed letter-forms, doubtless an attempt to render the name given second in Roman script, ‘Giovanna Garzoni F. +/ Torino i635’; the reverse also inscribed in ink with number ‘505’, lot number from the miniature’s appearance at an auction in 1752 (see ‘Provenance’) Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum Oval 2 ¼ in. (57 mm) high
signed on verso, once in Ethiopic script ‘ዥዋኘ [or ‘ዥዋፐ]፡ ጋርሶኔ፡ ፌ +’ (‘Žǝwañä [or Žǝwapä] Garsone Fe +’), with ambiguous and poorly executed letter-forms, doubtless an attempt to render the name given second in Roman script, ‘Giovanna Garzoni F. +/ Torino i635’; the reverse also inscribed in ink with number ‘505’, lot number from the miniature’s appearance at an auction in 1752 (see ‘Provenance’) Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum Oval 2 ¼ in. (57 mm) high
signed on verso, once in Ethiopic script ‘ዥዋኘ [or ‘ዥዋፐ]፡ ጋርሶኔ፡ ፌ +’ (‘Žǝwañä [or Žǝwapä] Garsone Fe +’), with ambiguous and poorly executed letter-forms, doubtless an attempt to render the name given second in Roman script, ‘Giovanna Garzoni F. +/ Torino i635’; the reverse also inscribed in ink with number ‘505’, lot number from the miniature’s appearance at an auction in 1752 (see ‘Provenance’) Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum Oval 2 ¼ in. (57 mm) high

Giovanna Garzoni

(1605-70) Portrait of Zaga Christ (c. 1608-38)
1635
Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum
Oval 2 ¼ in. (57 mm) high

Provenance

Probably painted for the sitter or commissioned by Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (1587-1637);
Jean Cottin (1680-1745) Collection[1], (Auction), Catalogue d’un Cabinet de Diverses Curiosite’s. Contenant une Collection choisie d’Estampes, de Desseins…, Les Sieurs Helle & Glomy, Paris, 27 November 1752, lot 505, as ‘Portrait of Zaga Christ by Jeanne Gaizoni’, bought by Pierre-Charles-Alexandre Helle for Gilbert Paignon-Dijonval (1708-1792)[2] [36.19 livres];
Possibly thence by descent to his grandson, Charles-Gilbert, Viscount Morel de Vindé (1759-1842);
Possibly part of the entire Paignon-Dijonval sold to Samuel Woodburn in 1819;
Sale, Geneva, Christie's, 14 November 1989, lot 209
[1] Lugt lists provenance of sale contents as: [Cottin], banquier; Getty Provenance Index identifies the collector as 'probably Daniel Cottin (1677-1756), the elder member of a family of bankers'; dealer description states it to be probably Jean Cottin (1680-1745), rather than his brother Daniel
[2] Gilbert Paignon-Dijonval (1708-1792) was secretary to King Louis XVIII, owner of the Sedan factory and the period’s most prolific collector of drawings and prints.

[2] Gilbert Paignon-Dijonval (1708-1792) was secretary to King Louis XVIII, owner of the Sedan factory and the period’s most prolific collector of drawings and prints.